Species ***Mycobacterium* *simiae***

Name: Mycobacterium simiae Karassova et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: si’mi.ae L. n. simia, an ape; L. gen. masc./fem. n. simiae, of an ape

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 25275; CCUG 29114; CCUG 42427; CIP 104531; DSM 44165; JCM 12377

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF547966 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Karassova V, Weissfeiler J, Krasznay E. Occurrence of atypical mycobacteria in Macacus rhesus. Acta Microbiol Acad Sci Hung 1965; 12:275-282.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

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.

Notes:
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".

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

Assigned by: Karassova V, Weissfeiler J, Krasznay E. Occurrence of atypical mycobacteria in Macacus rhesus. Acta Microbiol Acad Sci Hung 1965; 12:275-282.

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Record number: 778527

Species Mycobacterium simiae

Species ***Mycobacterium* *simiae***