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Species Mycobacterium tokaiense

Name: Mycobacterium tokaiense (ex Tsukamura 1973) Tsukamura 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: to.kai.en’se N.L. neut. adj. tokaiense, of or belonging to Tokai district of Japan

Gender: neuter

Type strains: 47503; 47 503 (previously strain 5553); 5553; ATCC 27282; CIP 106807; DSM 44635; JCM 6373; NCTC 10821

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF547972 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tsukamura M, Mizuno S, Tsukamura S. Numerical analysis of rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium obuense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium aichiense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium chubuense sp. nov., nom. rev., and Mycobacterium tokaiense sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:263-275.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Tsukamura M, Mizuno S, Tsukamura S. Numerical analysis of rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium obuense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium aichiense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium chubuense sp. nov., nom. rev., and Mycobacterium tokaiense sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:263-275.

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