Name: Mycobacterium timonense Ben Salah et al. 2009
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
Type strain: 5351974; CCUG 56329; CIP 109830; CSUR P32; DSM 45438
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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
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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