Name: Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. gwanakae Kim et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: gwan.ak’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. gwanakae, of or belonging to Gwanak-Gu, the location of the university including this institute performing the taxonomic research

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JCM 32454; KCTC 29127; MOTT36W

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16S rRNA gene: MG780325 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim BJ, Kim BR, Jeong J, Lim JH, Park SH, Lee SH, Kim CK, Kook YH, Kim BJ. A description of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. gwanakae subsp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium with a smooth colony phenotype due to glycopeptidolipids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3772-3780.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:600-601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kim BJ, Kim BR, Jeong J, Lim JH, Park SH, Lee SH, Kim CK, Kook YH, Kim BJ. A description of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. gwanakae subsp. nov., a rapidly growing mycobacterium with a smooth colony phenotype due to glycopeptidolipids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3772-3780.

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Record number: 797993