title: Proposal that Mycobacterium massiliense and Mycobacterium bolletii be united and reclassified as Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. bolletii comb. nov., designation of Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus subsp. nov. and emended description of Mycobacterium abscessus.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Imunologia e Parasitologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sylvia Cardoso
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Leao
authors.affiliation: Centro Regionale di Riferimento per la Diagnostica dei Micobatteri, Laboratorio di Microbiologia e Virologia, Ospedale di Careggi, Firenze, Italy.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.affiliation: Société de Bactériologie Systématique et Vétérinaire and École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse, BP 87614, F-31076 Toulouse cedex 3, France.
authors.forename: Jean Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Euzéby
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Maria Jesus
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial