Mycobacterium intracellulare

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Mycobacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC)

Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.
• 3) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).

Comments and References:

Skerman VBD et al. (1980) Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names." Intl. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30(1):225-420.

Cuttino JT & McCabe AM (1949) , Pubmed: abstract Cuttino, J.T., and McCabe, A.M. "Pure granulomatous nocardiosis, a new fungus disease distinguished by intracellular parasitism; a description of a new disease in man due to a hitherto undescribed organism, Nocardia intracellularis, n. sp., including a study of the biologic and pathogenic properties of this species." Am. J. Pathol. (1949) 25(1):1-47.

Castejon M et al. (2018) , Pubmed: abstract Castejon, M., Menendez, M.C., Comas, In., Vicente, A., and Garcia, M.J. "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(6):1998-2005.

Kubín M et al. (1969) Kubín, M., Matusková, E., and Kazda, J. "Mycobacterium brunense n. sp. identified as serotype Davis of group. 3. (Runyon) Mycobacteria." Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Orig. (1969) 210(2):207-211. [N.B.: Mycobacterium brunense is recognized as a heterotypic synonym of Mycobacterium intracellulare.]

Wayne LG et al. (1993) Wayne, L.G., Good, R.C., Tsang, A., Butler, R., Dawson, D., Groothuis, D., Gross, W., Hawkins, J., Kilburn, J., Kubin, M., et al. "Serovar determination and molecular taxonomic correlation in Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, and Mycobacterium scrofulaceum: a cooperative study of the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonomy." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1993) 43:482-489.