Name: Mycolicibacter paraterrae (Lee et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016

Etymology: pa.ra.ter’rae. Gr. prep. para, beside; L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth, specific epithet of a Mycobacterium species; N.L. gen. fem. n. paraterrae, a species similar to members of the Mycobacterium terrae complex

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 05-2522; DSM 45127; KCTC 19556

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT861785 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 181. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1411-1417.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Mycolicibacter paraterrae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Mycolicibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mycolicibacter Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:67.

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Record number: 798781