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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Mycobacterium spongiae"

Name: "Mycobacterium spongiae" Pidot et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, the source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: FSD4b-SM

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM210426 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Pidot SJ, Klatt S, Ates LS, Frigui W, Sayes F, Majlessi L, Izumi H, Monk IR, Porter JL, Bennett-Wood V, et al. Marine sponge microbe provides insights into evolution and virulence of the tubercle bacillus. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1012440. 🇦🇺

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

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

Assigned by: Pidot SJ, Klatt S, Ates LS, Frigui W, Sayes F, Majlessi L, Izumi H, Monk IR, Porter JL, Bennett-Wood V, et al. Marine sponge microbe provides insights into evolution and virulence of the tubercle bacillus. PLoS Pathog 2024; 20:e1012440. 🇦🇺

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Record number: 52776
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