Species ***Mycobacterium* *mucogenicum***

Name: Mycobacterium mucogenicum Springer et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mu.co.ge’ni.cum. L. masc. n. mucus, mucus; Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; L. neut. adj. suff. -icum, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. mucogenicum, intended to mean producing mucus, referring to the highly mucoid character of most strains on solid agar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49650; DSM 44625; JCM 13575; KCTC 19088; MO76

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16S rRNA gene: AF480586 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Springer B, Bottger EC, Kirschner P, Wallace RJJ. Phylogeny of the Mycobacterium chelonae-like organism based on partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and proposal of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:262-267.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:621.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mycolicibacterium mucogenicum (Springer et al. 1995) 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 103 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.
- 🧍 Mycobacterium mucogenicum Springer et al. 1995 was previously designated as Mycobacterium chelonae-like organism (MCLO) by Silcox et al. 1981. Publication: Silcox VA, Good RC, Floyd MM. Identification of clinically significant Mycobacterium fortuitum complex isolates. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14:686-691.

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

Assigned by: Springer B, Bottger EC, Kirschner P, Wallace RJJ. Phylogeny of the Mycobacterium chelonae-like organism based on partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and proposal of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:262-267.

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Species Mycobacterium mucogenicum

Species ***Mycobacterium* *mucogenicum***