Name: Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii (Adékambi et al. 2006) Leao et al. 2011

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium bolletii Adékambi et al. 2006

Etymology: bol.let’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. bolletii, of Bollet, to honour Claude Bollet, a famous clinical microbiologist and taxonomist

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BD; CCUG 50184; CIP 108541; DSM 45149; JCM 15297

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY859681 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leao SC, Tortoli E, Euzeby JP, Garcia MJ. Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2311-2313.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2797-2798.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium bolletii Adékambi et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. bolletii (Adékambi et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Tortoli et al. 2016 Tortoli E, Kohl TA, Brown-Elliott BA, Trovato A, Leao SC, Garcia MJ, Vasireddy S, Turenne CY, Griffith DE, Philley JV, et al. Emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacteriumabscessus subsp. bolletii and designation of Mycobacteriumabscessus subsp. massiliense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4471-4479. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the subspecies.
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Sassi and Drancourt (2014), this subspecies is not a later heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sassi M, Drancourt M. Genome analysis reveals three genomospecies in Mycobacterium abscessus. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:359.
  • ⏲ According to Sassi and Drancourt (2014), this subspecies is not a later heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sassi M, Drancourt M. Genome analysis reveals three genomospecies in Mycobacterium abscessus. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:359.
  • ⏰ According to Leao et al. (2011), this subspecies is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense (Adékambi et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018. Publication: Leao SC, Tortoli E, Euzeby JP, Garcia MJ. Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2311-2313.
  • ⏰ According to Tortoli et al. (2016), this subspecies is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense (Adékambi et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018. Publication: Tortoli E, Kohl TA, Brown-Elliott BA, Trovato A, Leao SC, Garcia MJ, Vasireddy S, Turenne CY, Griffith DE, Philley JV, et al. Emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacteriumabscessus subsp. bolletii and designation of Mycobacteriumabscessus subsp. massiliense comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4471-4479.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht".
  • 🧍 In 2009, Leao et al. proposed the union of Mycobacterium bolletii and Mycobacterium massiliense, and the recognition of two subspecies within Mycobacterium abscessus: Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus and Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense. The proposal of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense was not in accordance with the Rules of the Bacteriological Code, because the epithet bolletii has priority over the epithet massiliense. In 2011 Leao et al. propose the correct name Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii (Adékambi et al. 2006) Leao et al. 2011. Publication: Leao SC, Tortoli E, Viana-Niero C, Ueki SY, Lima KV, Lopes ML, Yubero J, Menendez MC, Garcia MJ. Characterization of mycobacteria from a major Brazilian outbreak suggests that revision of the taxonomic status of members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-M. abscessus group is needed. J Clin Microbiol 2009; 47:2691-2698.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kusunoki and Ezaki 1992

Assigned by: Leao SC, Tortoli E, Euzeby JP, Garcia MJ. Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2311-2313.

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