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Species Mycolicibacterium stellerae
Name: Mycolicibacterium stellerae Nouioui et al. 2019
Etymology: stel’le.rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. stellerae, of Stellera, named referring to the host plant, Stellera chamaejasme, from which the strain was isolated
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … STEL-le-ra͡e, neuter
Type strain: CECT 8783; DSM 45590; I10A-01893; KCTC 19843
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
MH935827
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Nouioui I, Sangal V, Cortes-Albayay C, Jando M, Igual JM, Klenk HP, Zhang YQ, Goodfellow M. Mycolicibacterium stellerae sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic strain isolated from Stellera chamaejasme. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3465-3471. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:705-707.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)
Correct name: Mycobacterium stellerae (Nouioui et al. 2019) Göker et al. 2025
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycobacterium stellerae (Nouioui et al. 2019) Göker et al. 2025 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- ❗ Mycolicibacterium stellerae 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 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 risk group of the genus.
Parent taxon: Mycolicibacterium Gupta et al. 2018
Assigned by:
Nouioui I, Sangal V, Cortes-Albayay C, Jando M, Igual JM, Klenk HP, Zhang YQ, Goodfellow M. Mycolicibacterium stellerae sp. nov., a rapidly growing scotochromogenic strain isolated from Stellera chamaejasme. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3465-3471. 🇬🇧
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Record number: 5568
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