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Species Mycolicibacterium mengxiangliae

Name: Mycolicibacterium mengxiangliae corrig. Cheng et al. 2021

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: meng.xi.an’gli.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. mengxiangliae, of Dr Xiangli Meng, for her great contribution to the study of isolation and identification work in novel species among Qinghai-Tibet Plateau samples

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-li-ki-bak-TE-ri-um men͡g-xi-AN-gli-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: DSM 106172; GDMCC 1.1993; Z-34

16S rRNA gene: MN861241 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Cheng Y, Lei W, Wang X, Tian Z, Liu H, Yang J, Lu S, Lai XH, Pu J, Huang Y, et al. Mycolicibacterium baixiangningiae sp. nov. and Mycolicibacterium mengxianglii sp. nov., two new rapidly growing mycobacterial species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5019. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycobacterium mengxiangliae corrig. (Cheng et al. 2021) Göker et al. 2025

  • Notes:
    • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CGMCC 1.1993.
    • ❗ Mycolicibacterium mengxiangliae 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.
    • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2025-12-03.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-09.
    • 🙅 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 risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Mycolicibacterium Gupta et al. 2018

Assigned by: Cheng Y, Lei W, Wang X, Tian Z, Liu H, Yang J, Lu S, Lai XH, Pu J, Huang Y, et al. Mycolicibacterium baixiangningiae sp. nov. and Mycolicibacterium mengxianglii sp. nov., two new rapidly growing mycobacterial species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5019. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 69172