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Species Mycolicibacterium smegmatis
Name: Mycolicibacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Gupta et al. 2018
Basonym: "Bacillus smegmatis" Trevisan 1889
Etymology: smeg.ma’tis. L. neut. n. smegma (gen. smegmatis), an unguent (for making the skin smooth), a detergent, a cleansing medicine, and in biology the sebaceous humor; L. gen. neut. n. smegmatis, of smegma
Type strain: ATCC 19420; CCUG 21002; CCUG 21815; CIP 104444; DSM 43756; JCM 5866; JCM 6386; NCTC 8159; NRRL B-14616; VKM Ac-1239
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ131761
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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
Correct name: Mycobacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycobacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Bacillus smegmatis" Trevisan 1889 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycolicibacterium smegmatis 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.
- 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycobacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Mycobacterium smegmatis (Trevisan 1889) Lehmann and Neumann 1899 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 70 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
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: 798231
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