Taxonomy ID: 1764

Rank: species

Scientific name: Mycobacterium avium

Authority: Mycobacterium avium Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Thorel et al. 1990; "Tuberculose des oiseaux" Strauss and Gamaleia 1891; "Bacillus tuberculosis gallinarum" Sternberg 1892; "Mycobacterium tuberculosis typus gallinaceus" Lehmann and Neumann 1907; "Mycobacterium tuberculosis avium" Lehmann and Neumann 1896

Synonym: Mycobacterium tuberculosis avium; Tuberculose des oiseaux; Mycobacterium tuberculosis typus gallinaceus; Bacillus tuberculosis gallinarum