Name: "Mycolicibacter virginiensis" (Vasireddy et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium virginiense Vasireddy et al. 2017

Etymology: vir.gi.ni.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. virginiensis, referring to the geographic location of the first recognized case

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 110918; DSM 100883; MO-233

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KR025879 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Mycobacterium virginiense Vasireddy et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium virginiense Vasireddy et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 12724