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Species Mycobacterium xanthum
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Name: Mycobacterium xanthum (Pan et al. 2022) Göker et al. 2025
Basonym: Mycolicibacterium xanthum Pan et al. 2022
Etymology: xan’thum. Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow; N.L. neut. adj. xanthum, yellow
Pronunciation, gender: XAN-thum, neuter
Type strain: KCTC 49711; MCCC 1K04875; Y57
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OK175670
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycolicibacterium xanthum Pan et al. 2022 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-28.
- 🙆 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Göker M, Christensen H, Fingerle V, Kostovski M, Margos G, Moore ERB, Oren A, Patrick S, Reischl U, Vázquez-Boland JA. List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance: report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Mitigating Changes in Prokaryotic Nomenclature. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2025; 75:0.
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Record number: 68141
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