Name: Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. intracellulare (Cuttino and McCabe 1949) Castejon et al. 2018

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: "Nocardia intracellularis" Cuttino and McCabe 1949

Etymology: in.tra.cel.lu.la’re. L. adv. intra, within; L. fem. n. cellula, a chamber and in biology a cell; N.L. neut. adj. intracellulare, intracellular

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: my-ko-bak-TE-ri-um in-tra-kel-lu-LA-re in-tra-kel-lu-LA-re, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13950; CCUG 28005; CIP 104243; DSM 43223; JCM 6384; NCTC 13025; TMC 1406

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Castejon M, Menendez MC, Comas I, Vicente A, Garcia MJ. Whole-genome sequence analysis of the Mycobacterium avium complex and proposal of the transfer of Mycobacterium yongonense to Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. yongonense subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1998-2005. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. yongonense (Kim et al. 2013) Castejon et al. 2018 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Castejon M, Menendez MC, Comas I, Vicente A, Garcia MJ. Whole-genome sequence analysis of the Mycobacterium avium complex and proposal of the transfer of Mycobacterium yongonense to Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. yongonense subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1998-2005. 🇪🇸
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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 intracellulare corrig. (Cuttino and McCabe 1949) Runyon 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Castejon M, Menendez MC, Comas I, Vicente A, Garcia MJ. Whole-genome sequence analysis of the Mycobacterium avium complex and proposal of the transfer of Mycobacterium yongonense to Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. yongonense subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1998-2005. 🇪🇸

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