Species ***Mycobacterium* *ulcerans***

Name: Mycobacterium ulcerans MacCallum et al. 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ul’ce.rans. L. neut. part. adj. ulcerans, making sore, causing to ulcerate

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19423; DSM 44154; NCTC 10417

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB548725 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Fenner F. The significance of the incubation period in infectious diseases. Med J Aust 1950; 2:813-818.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 3

Notes:
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (MacCallum et al.) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Fenner).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - human: (*) - biological class of risk animal: 3". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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 = 3, note = "**". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3. — The risk group for France has been imported on 2024-08-30. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "(*)". — The risk group for Sweden has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "(**)". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "*". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. 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 1193 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.
- 🧍 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. shinshuense" Tsukamura et al. 1989	not validly published	synonym

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

Assigned by: Fenner F. The significance of the incubation period in infectious diseases. Med J Aust 1950; 2:813-818.

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Species Mycobacterium ulcerans

Species ***Mycobacterium* *ulcerans***