Conservation of the Specific Epithet fortuitum in the Name of the Organism Known as Mycobacterium fortuitum da Costa Cruz RUNYON, ERNEST H.,, 22, 50-51 (1972), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-22-1-50, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, 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., language=, type=