Mycobacterium shimoidei sp. nov., nom. rev., a Lung Pathogen

Abstract

“Mycobacterium shimoidei” Tsukamura, Shimoide, and Schaefer 1975 was not included on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names and has not been validly published since 1 January 1980; hence, it does not have standing in bacterial nomenclature. The organism is here regarded as a distinct species of the genus Mycobacterium, and the name Mycobacterium shimoidei is revived for the same organism to which this name was originally applied. The type strain is strain E4796 (= ATCC 27962).