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Species Mycobacterium franklinii
Name: Mycobacterium franklinii Nogueira et al. 2015
Etymology: frank.li’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. franklinii, of Franklin, pertaining to Benjamin Franklin, famous USA statesman and scientist from Pennsylvania where the first isolates originated
Pronunciation, gender: frank-LI-ni-i, neuter
Type strain: ATCC BAA-2149; CV002; DSM 45524
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HQ153090
Analyse
FASTA
Valid publication:
Lourenco Nogueira C, Simmon KE, Chimara E, Cnockaert M, Carlos Palomino J, Martin A, Vandamme P, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Cardoso Leao S. Mycobacterium franklinii sp. nov., a species closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2148-2153. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3233-3234.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Mycobacteroides franklinii (Nogueira et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2018 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
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Nouioui et al. 2018
Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 The specific epithet is a N.L. adjective (frederiksbergensis -e, of Frederiksberg, Denmark, reffering to the place of isolation), not a N.L. gen. noun as cited in the paper by Willumsen et al. 2001.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
Parent taxon: Mycobacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lourenco Nogueira C, Simmon KE, Chimara E, Cnockaert M, Carlos Palomino J, Martin A, Vandamme P, Brown-Elliott BA, Wallace RJ, Cardoso Leao S. Mycobacterium franklinii sp. nov., a species closely related to members of the Mycobacterium chelonae-Mycobacterium abscessus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2148-2153.
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Record number: 792909
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