Species ***Mycobacterium* *shinjukuense***

Name: Mycobacterium shinjukuense Saito et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: shin.ju.ku.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. shinjukuense, of or pertaining to Shinjuku ward, Tokyo, Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 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 under the ICNP

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.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

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***