Name: Mycobacterium (Lehmann and Neumann 1896) Val-Calvo et al. 2025

Category: Subgenus

Proposed as: subgen. nov.

Etymology: My.co.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. mykês, a mushroom, fungus; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Mycobacterium, a fungus rodlet

Pronunciation, gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um, neuter (stem: Mycobacteri-)

Valid publication: Val-Calvo J, Scortti M, Goker M, Vazquez-Boland JA. Leveraging the subgenus category to address monophyletic genus over-splitting: illustration with recently proposed Mycobacteriales genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6917.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 3

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Afycobacterium"; "Cobacterium"; "Iycobactcrium"; "Iycobacterium"; "Jlfycobacterium"; "Jllycobacterium"; "Jlycobaclerium"; "Jlycobacterium"; "Maycobacterium"; "Mgcobacterium"; "Mjicobacterium"; "Mjmbacterium"; "Mjwobacterium"; "Mqlcobacterium"; "Mucobactcrium"; "Mvcobaclrrium"; "Mvcobacterium"; "Myaobacterium"; "Mycabacierium"; "Mycabaclerium"; "Mycabactcrium"; "Mycabacterium"; "Mycabaczerium"; "Mycahacterium"; "Myccbacterium"; "Mycchacterium"; "Mycnbactcrium"; "Mycnbacterium"; "Mycnbarterrium"; "Mycobabterium"; "Mycobaccerium"; "Mycobacecrium"; "Mycobaceerium"; "Mycobacerium"; "Mycobacferium"; "Mycobacicrium"; "Mycobacienum"; "Mycobacierium"; "Mycobaclcrium"; "Mycobaclerium"; "Mycobaclerlunz"; "Mycobaclvrium"; "Mycobaclwium"; "Mycobacmrium"; "Mycobacrenum"; "Mycobacrerium"; "Mycobacrterium"; "Mycobacserium"; "Mycobactcrium"; "Mycobactcrlum"; "Mycobacteinum"; "Mycobacteirum"; "Mycobacteiuum"; "Mycobactemum"; "Mycobactenium"; "Mycobactenum"; "Mycobactenurn"; "Mycobacter"; "Mycobactercum"; "Mycobacteriae"; "Mycobacteriium"; "Mycobacteriiun"; "Mycobacterinm"; "Mycobacteriu"; "Mycobacteriurn"; "Mycobacterixim"; "Mycobacterjum"; "Mycobacterrum"; "Mycobactertum"; "Mycobacteruium"; "Mycobacterum"; "Mycobacterzum"; "Mycobactetium"; "Mycobactevium"; "Mycobactmiurn"; "Mycobactorium"; "Mycobactrerium"; "Mycobactrium"; "Mycobactuium"; "Mycobactvrium"; "Mycobactwium"; "Mycobactwrium"; "Mycobacwrium"; "Mycobaczarium"; "Mycobaczcrium"; "Mycobaczerium"; "Mycobamerium"; "Mycobanterium"; "Mycobaoterium"; "Mycobatcerium"; "Mycobaterium"; "Mycobavlarium"; "Mycobcaterium"; "Mycobcclerium"; "Mycobecterium"; "Mycobmzterium"; "Mycobnclcrium"; "Mycobncrerium"; "Mycobnctcrium"; "Mycobncterium"; "Mycobnoterium"; "Mycoboclerium"; "Mycoboctcrium"; "Mycobocterium"; "Mycobuclerium"; "Mycobuctcrium"; "Mycobucterium"; "Mycohaclerium"; "Mycohacterium"; "Mycohaoterium"; "Mycohcterium"; "Mycohucierium"; "Mycohucterium"; "Mycolacterium"; "Mycolmclerium"; "Mycolmcterium"; "Mycrobacterium"; "Mycubaclerium"; "Mycubacterium"; "Mycubactwium"; "Myeobaclerium"; "Myeobacterium"; "Myeobaterium"; "Mykobacterium"; "Mykobakterium"; "Mymbacterium"; "Myobacterium"; "Myocbacterium"; "Myocobacterium"; "Myoobacterium"; "Myoobaoterium"; "Myrobacterium"; "Myrubacterlum"; "Myruburlurium"; "Myvobacterium"; "Mywbacterium"; "Nfycobacterium"; "Xycobacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Mycobacteria".
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1992. Publication: Levy-Frebault VV, Portaels F. Proposed minimal standards for the genus Mycobacterium and for description of new slowly growing Mycobacterium species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:315-323.
  • 🖹 Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 1992. Publication: V.v. Levy-Frebault FP. Proposed Minimal Standards for the Genus Mycobacterium and for Description of New Slowly Growing Mycobacterium Species. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 1992; 42:315-323.
  • 😵 The taxonomic category of this name is not currently in use in the LPSN hierarchy. For this reason, this name does not have a parent taxon and does not have child taxa.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "sp. ''MCRO 33'': 2 human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "Excluding Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and non-BCG Mycobacterium bovis strains: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; default: 3 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United States has been imported on 2024-02-09. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3): 2; default: 2 except those listed in Appendix B-III-A (RG3)". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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