
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.6343
Name	Mycobacterium elephantis Shojaei et al. 2000
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Shojaei et al. 2000
Preferred Name	Mycolicibacterium elephantis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.6343
Type Strain representative organism	JCM 12406^T (=CIP 106831 =484 =DSM 44368)


Proper Form	Mycobacterium elephantis Shojaei et al. 2000
Nomenclatural History	The species Mycobacterium elephantis was originally described and validly published by Shojaei et al. 2000. In 2018, Gupta et al. established Mycobacterium elephantis as the basonym of Mycolicibacterium elephantis (Shojaei et al. 2000) Gupta et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Mycobacterium elephantis Shojaei et al. 2000.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.6343.
Source File	10.1601/nm.6343.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 3, 2009.

References

Shojaei H, Magee JG, Freeman R, Yates M, Horadagoda NU, Goodfellow M. Mycobacterium elephantis sp. nov., a rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium isolated from an elephant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1817-1820. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-50-5-1817 [PubMed].
Gupta RS, Lo B, Son J. Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera. Front. Microbio. 2018; 9:1-41. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067.