@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50, author = "RUNYON, ERNEST H.", title = "Conservation of the Specific Epithet fortuitum in the Name of the Organism Known as Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "1972", volume = "22", number = "1", pages = "50-51", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Stanford and Gunthorpe have documented well the illegitimacy of Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz 1938 as a later synonym of Mycobacterium ranae Bergey et al. 1923. Nevertheless, in the interest of stability of nomenclature, conservation of the specific epithet fortuitum over ranae is desired.", }