Name: Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Mycobacterium abscessus" Moore and Frerichs 1953

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … aps-KES-sus, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19977; CCUG 20993; CIP 104536; DSM 43491; DSM 44196; Hauduroy L948; JCM 13569; L948; NCTC 13031; TMC 1543

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB548599 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kubica GP, Baess I, Gordon RE, Jenkins PA, Kwapinski JB, McDurmont C, Pattyn SR, Saito H, Silcox V, Stanford JL, et al. A co-operative numerical analysis of rapidly growing mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1972; 73:55-70.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP
    Mycobacteroides abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Mycobacterium abscessus (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kusunoki and Ezaki 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Mycobacterium abscessus" Moore and Frerichs 1953	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Sassi and Drancourt (2014), this subspecies is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. bolletii (Adékambi et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacteroides abscessus subsp. massiliense (Adékambi et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii (Adékambi et al. 2006) Leao et al. 2011. 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 an earlier heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. massiliense (Adékambi et al. 2006) Tortoli et al. 2016. Publication: Sassi M, Drancourt M. Genome analysis reveals three genomospecies in Mycobacterium abscessus. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:359. 🇫🇷
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Belgium) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Canada) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes. — The taxon name shown here has no assigned risk group, but is the original uncorrected spelling of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus corrig. (Moore and Frerichs 1953) Kubica et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Germany) above 1. These are therefore two spellings of the same name that should be treated identically for practical purposes.
  • 🙅 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 subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Kubica GP, Baess I, Gordon RE, Jenkins PA, Kwapinski JB, McDurmont C, Pattyn SR, Saito H, Silcox V, Stanford JL, et al. A co-operative numerical analysis of rapidly growing mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1972; 73:55-70.

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Record number: 798149