Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota, belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990THOREL (M.F.), KRICHEVSKY (M.) and LÉVY-FRÉBAULT (V.V.): Numerical taxonomy of mycobactin-dependent mycobacteria, emended description of Mycobacterium avium, and description of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium subsp. nov., Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis subsp. nov., and Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 254-260. was previously known as Mycobacterium avium strain wood pigeon.
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