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Species Mycobacterium triplex
Name: Mycobacterium triplex Floyd et al. 1997
Etymology: tri’plex. L. neut. adj. triplex, threefold, triple, referring to something consisting of three parts, specifically, the triple-cluster HPLC pattern shown by these isolates
Pronunciation, gender: TRI-plex, neuter
Type strain: 90-1019; ATCC 700071; CIP 106108; DSM 44626; JCM 14744
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AF547973
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Floyd MM, Guthertz LS, Silcox VA, Duffey PS, Jang Y, Desmond EP, Crawford JT, Butler WR. Characterization of an SAV organism and proposal of Mycobacterium triplex sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:2963-2967. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 61. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "TMP". — 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 26 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.
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🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established 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.
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🧍 The wrong accession number, ATCC 70071 (sic), cited in the effective publication, has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 63. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1274.
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🧍 The wrong accession number, ATCC 70071(sic), cited in the effective publication, has been corrected by the Associate Editor, IJSB.
Publication:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 61. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:601-602.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Floyd MM, Guthertz LS, Silcox VA, Duffey PS, Jang Y, Desmond EP, Crawford JT, Butler WR. Characterization of an SAV organism and proposal of Mycobacterium triplex sp. nov. J Clin Microbiol 1996; 34:2963-2967.
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