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Species Mycolicibacterium malmesburyense
Name: Mycolicibacterium malmesburyense (Gcebe et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2018
Basonym: Mycobacterium malmesburyense Gcebe et al. 2017
Etymology: mal.mes.bu.ry.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. malmesburyense, pertaining to Malmesbury, after a town (Malmesbury) in South Africa, where one of the isolates (the type strain) of this species originated from
Pronunciation, gender: mal-mes-bu-ry-EN-se, neuter
Type strain: ATCC BAA-2759; CIP 110822; WCM 7299
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KJ873241
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 (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycobacterium malmesburyense Gcebe et al. 2017
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycobacterium malmesburyense Gcebe et al. 2017 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycolicibacterium malmesburyense 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 Mycolicibacterium.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Mycolicibacterium 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: 798790
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