Species Mycobacterium vanbaalenii

Name: Mycobacterium vanbaalenii Khan et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: van.baa.len’i.i N.L. gen. masc. n. vanbaalenii, of Van Baalen, in memory of Dr Chase Van Baalen, late Professor at The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas Marine Laboratory, Port Aransas, TX, USA

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 7251; JCM 13017; NRRL B-24157; strain PYR-1

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16S rRNA gene: X84977 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan AA, Kim SJ, Paine DD, Cerniglia CE. Classification of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacterium, Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1, as Mycobacterium vanbaalenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1997-2002.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium austroafricanum Tsukamura et al. 1983

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium vanbaalenii (Khan et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycobacterium austroafricanum Tsukamura et al. 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Mycolicibacterium austroafricanum (Tsukamura et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- 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.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Mycolicibacterium austroafricanum (Tsukamura et al. 1983) Gupta et al. 2018. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.
- According to Nouioui et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium austroafricanum Tsukamura et al. 1983. Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, García-López L, Meier-Kolthoff JP, et al. Genome-based taxonomic classication of the phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2007; 2018:9.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Mycobacterium.
- Mycobacterium vanbaalenii Khan et al. 2002 was previously known as Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1 Heitkamp et al. 1988.

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

Assigned by: Khan AA, Kim SJ, Paine DD, Cerniglia CE. Classification of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-metabolizing bacterium, Mycobacterium sp. strain PYR-1, as Mycobacterium vanbaalenii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1997-2002.

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