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Species Mycolicibacterium palauense

Name: Mycolicibacterium palauense (Nouioui et al. 2019) Zhu et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium palauense Nouioui et al. 2019

Etymology: pa.lau.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. palauense, referring to the Republic of Palau, the source of the strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-li-ki-bak-TE-ri-um pa-la͡u-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8779; DSM 44914

16S rRNA gene: MF769712 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Zhu GX, Chen X, Wu YJ, Wang HL, Lu CM, Wang XM, Zhang Y, Liu ZC, He JB, Tang SK, et al. Mycolicibacterium arseniciresistens sp. nov., isolated from lead-zinc mine tailing, and reclassification of two Mycobacterium species as Mycolicibacterium palauense comb. nov. and Mycolicibacterium grossiae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6221. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Mycobacterium palauense Nouioui et al. 2019

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Mycolicibacterium palauense 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 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: Zhu GX, Chen X, Wu YJ, Wang HL, Lu CM, Wang XM, Zhang Y, Liu ZC, He JB, Tang SK, et al. Mycolicibacterium arseniciresistens sp. nov., isolated from lead-zinc mine tailing, and reclassification of two Mycobacterium species as Mycolicibacterium palauense comb. nov. and Mycolicibacterium grossiae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6221. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 43263

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