Species ***Mycobacterium* *timonense***

Name: Mycobacterium timonense Ben Salah et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.mo.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. timonense, pertaining to La Timone, the name of a hospital in Marseille, France, where the first strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ti-mo-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: 5351974; CCUG 56329; CIP 109830; CSUR P32; DSM 45438

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX976611 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ben Salah I, Cayrou C, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium marseillense sp. nov., Mycobacterium timonense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense sp. nov., members of the Mycobacterium avium complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2803-2808.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:269-270.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The Macmillan Co., New York, 1901. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0.

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

Assigned by: Ben Salah I, Cayrou C, Raoult D, Drancourt M. Mycobacterium marseillense sp. nov., Mycobacterium timonense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium bouchedurhonense sp. nov., members of the Mycobacterium avium complex. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2803-2808.

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Record number: 788197

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Species Mycobacterium timonense

Species ***Mycobacterium* *timonense***