Name: Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999

Etymology: ca’prae. L. gen. fem. n. caprae, of a goat, the host animal from which the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-824; CIP 105776; gM-1; spc-1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ131120 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Niemann S, Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S. Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to the species Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (approved lists 1980) as Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:433-436.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:691-692.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 3

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Mycobacterium africanum Castets et al. 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium pinnipedii Cousins et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Aranaz et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🏢 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 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
  • ❗ Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Mycobacterium bovis within a separate genus Mycobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "human and animal pathogen - human risk group: 3 - animal risk group: 3 - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 3.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30 [1], this new combination is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However deposit in at least one other recognized culture collections in a different country is documented. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
  • 🧍 In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Niemann S, Richter E, Rusch-Gerdes S. Biochemical and genetic evidence for the transfer of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to the species Mycobacterium bovis Karlson and Lessel 1970 (approved lists 1980) as Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:433-436.

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