2018年2月，Gupta等n [n 1]n 建议将分枝杆菌属(n Mycobacterium)成员重新分类。分枝杆菌属最高水平中存在5个不同的单系分组(monophyletic groups)，分别为Tuberculosis-Simiae(结核-猿猴，TS)、Terrae(土地，Te)、Triviale(次要，Tr)、Fortuitum-Vaccae(偶发-母牛，FV)、Abscessus-Chelonae(脓肿-龟，AC)。Gupta等由此建议分枝杆菌属(n Mycobacterium)重新分类为5个属，并依次对科和5个属进行了描述。n “,”In February 2018, Gupta et al. n [n 1]n suggested reclassification of the members of the genus n Mycobacterium. The genus n Mycobacterium comprises five monophyletic groups, which are Tuberculosis-Simiae (TS), Terrae (Te), Triviale (Tr), Fortuitum-Vaccae (FV) and Abscessus-Chelonae (AC). Therefore, Gupta et al. suggested reclassifying the genus n Mycobacterium into the five genera and characterized the family Mycobacteriaceae and the five genera in turn.n