Species ***Mycobacterium* *shottsii***

Name: Mycobacterium shottsii Rhodes et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: shott’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shottsii, of Shotts, named after Emmett Shotts, an American fish bacteriologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … S͡HOTT-si-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700981; JCM 12657; M175; NCTC 13215

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU619854 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rhodes MW, Kator H, Kotob S, van Berkum P, Kaattari I, Vogelbein W, Quinn F, Floyd MM, Butler WR, Ottinger CA. Mycobacterium shottsii sp. nov., a slowly growing species isolated from Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:421-424. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

Assigned by: Rhodes MW, Kator H, Kotob S, van Berkum P, Kaattari I, Vogelbein W, Quinn F, Floyd MM, Butler WR, Ottinger CA. Mycobacterium shottsii sp. nov., a slowly growing species isolated from Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:421-424. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 784314

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Species Mycobacterium shottsii

Species ***Mycobacterium* *shottsii***