Species ***Mycobacterium* *stephanolepidis***

Name: Mycobacterium stephanolepidis Fukano et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ste.pha.no.le’pi.dis. N.L. gen. masc. n. stephanolepidis, of Stephanolepis, the genus of the host filefish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 31611; KCTC 39843; NJB0901

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB971866 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fukano H, Wada S, Kurata O, Katayama K, Fujiwara N, Hoshino Y. Mycobacterium stephanolepidis sp. nov., a rapidly growing species related to Mycobacterium chelonae, isolated from marine teleost fish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2811-2817. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycobacteroides stephanolepidis (Fukano et al. 2017) Val-Calvo et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 2 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 species itself.

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

Assigned by: Fukano H, Wada S, Kurata O, Katayama K, Fujiwara N, Hoshino Y. Mycobacterium stephanolepidis sp. nov., a rapidly growing species related to Mycobacterium chelonae, isolated from marine teleost fish, Stephanolepis cirrhifer. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2811-2817. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 795638

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Species Mycobacterium stephanolepidis

Species ***Mycobacterium* *stephanolepidis***