Whole-genome sequence analysis of the Mycobacterium avium complex and proposal of the transfer of Mycobacterium yongonense to Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. yongonense subsp. nov.

This study highlights the problems caused when a novel species is accepted on the basis of a single strain, as was the case for M. yongonense. Based mainly on whole-genome sequence analysis, we conclude that M. yongonense should be reclassified as a subspecies of Mycobacterium intracellulareas Mycobacterium intracellularesubsp. yongonense and 'Mycobacterium indicus pranii' classified in the same subspecies as the type strain of Mycobacterium intracellulare and classified as Mycobacterium intracellularesubsp. intracellulare.
PMID: 29683417 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology - April 23, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Castejon M, Menéndez MC, Comas I, Vicente A, Garcia MJ Tags: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol Source Type: research