Species ***Mycobacterium* *shinjukuense***

Name: Mycobacterium shinjukuense Saito et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. shinjukuense, of or pertaining to Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strains: CCUG 53584; DSM 45663; GTC 2738; JCM 14233

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB268503 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saito H, Iwamoto T, Ohkusu K, Otsuka Y, Akiyama Y, Sato S, Taguchi O, Sueyasu Y, Kawabe Y, Fujimoto H, et al. Mycobacterium shinjukuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1927-1932.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Emendations:
- Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Saito H, Iwamoto T, Ohkusu K, Otsuka Y, Akiyama Y, Sato S, Taguchi O, Sueyasu Y, Kawabe Y, Fujimoto H, et al. Mycobacterium shinjukuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1927-1932.

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Species Mycobacterium shinjukuense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *shinjukuense***