Name: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum Tsukamura et al. 1986

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.cet.a.mi.do.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. n. acetamidum, acetamide; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. neut. adj. lytikon, able to loose, dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. acetamidolyticum, digesting acetamide

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 35931; CIP 105423; DSM 44220; JCM 6368; NCH E11620

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR733720 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tsukamura M, Yano I, Imaeda T. Mycobacterium fortuitum subspecies acetamidolyticum, a new subspecies of Mycobacterium fortuitum. Microbiol Immunol 1986; 30:97-110.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 21. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:489.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. acetamidolyticum (Tsukamura et al. 1986) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz 1938 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tsukamura M, Yano I, Imaeda T. Mycobacterium fortuitum subspecies acetamidolyticum, a new subspecies of Mycobacterium fortuitum. Microbiol Immunol 1986; 30:97-110.

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Record number: 778445