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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense"

Name: "Candidatus Mycobacterium tarwinense" O'Brien et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: tar.win.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. tarwinense, pertaining to Tarwin Lower, Victoria, Australia

Gender: neuter

Nomenclatural type: no type strain designated

Effective publication: O'Brien CR, Malik R, Globan M, Reppas G, McCowan C, Fyfe JA. Feline leprosy due to Candidatus 'Mycobacterium tarwinense':Further clinical and molecular characterisation of 15 previously reported cases and an additional 27 cases. J Feline Med Surg 2017; 19:498-512.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: pro-correct name

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

Assigned by: O'Brien CR, Malik R, Globan M, Reppas G, McCowan C, Fyfe JA. Feline leprosy due to Candidatus 'Mycobacterium tarwinense':Further clinical and molecular characterisation of 15 previously reported cases and an additional 27 cases. J Feline Med Surg 2017; 19:498-512.

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Record number: 2763
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