Species ***Mycobacterium* *flavescens***

Name: Mycobacterium flavescens Bojalil et al. 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. v. flavesco, to become golden yellow; L. part. adj. flavescens, becoming yellow

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14474; CCUG 29041; CIP 104533; DSM 43991; JCM 12274; NCTC 10271; NRRL B-4038

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH169220 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bojalil LF, Cerbon J, Trujillo A. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 28:333-346.

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

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium flavescens (Bojalil et al. 1962) Gupta et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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, note = "ht".
- 🎓 Name mentioned 44 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bojalil LF, Cerbon J, Trujillo A. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 28:333-346.

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Species Mycobacterium flavescens