%0 Journal Article %A RUNYON, ERNEST H. %T Conservation of the Specific Epithet fortuitum in the Name of the Organism Known as Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz %D 1972 %J International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, %V 22 %N 1 %P 50-51 %@ 1466-5034 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50 %I Microbiology Society, %X 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50