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).

Comments and References:

Fabre M et al. (2004) Fabre, M., Koeck, J.L., Le Fleche, P., Simon, F., Herve, V., Vergnaud, G., and Pourcel, C. "High genetic diversity revealed by variable-number tandem repeat genotyping and analysis of hsp65 gene polymorphism in a large collection of 'Mycobacterium canettii' strains indicates that the M. tuberculosis complex is a recently emerged clone of 'M. canettii'." J. Clin. Microbiol. (2004) 42:3248-3255.

Pfyffer GE et al. (1998) Pfyffer, G.E., Auckenthaler, R., van Embden, J.D., and van Soolingen, D. "Mycobacterium canettii, the smooth variant of M. tuberculosis, isolated from a Swiss patient exposed in Africa." Emerg. Infect. Dis. (1998) 4:631-634.

van Soolingen D et al. (1997) van Soolingen, D., Hoogenboezem, T., de Haas, P.E., Hermans, P.W., Koedam, M.A., Teppema, K.S., Brennan, P.J., Besra, G.S., Portaels, F., Top, J., Schouls, L.M., and van Embden, J.D. "A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:1236-1245.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.