Wayne L G, Andrade L, Froman S, Käppler W, Kubala E, Meissner G, Tsukamura M
J Gen Microbiol. 1978 Dec;109(2):319-27. doi: 10.1099/00221287-109-2-319.
A co-operative taxonomic study has been performed on slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacteria (Runyon Group I) and closely related organisms. Phenetic data on 54 strains, studied in seven laboratories, were collected and analysed by numerical taxonomic methods. Immunological properties and phage susceptibility patterns were analysed independently to establish correlation with numerical classification. Mycobacterium gastri, M. kansasii and M. marinum appeared as distinct well-defined clusters and the serological and phage data supported the resolution of these three species. A table of definitive properties is presented. Two strains each of M. simiae and M. asiaticum formed a loose cluster which was clearly separated from the previously mentioned three species; the small number of strains examined precluded the establishment of a list of definitive properties of these two species. It is concluded that the Runyon Groups, which provided a practical though arbitrary basis for establishment of a series of co-operative studies, have served their purpose and should now be supplanted by classification and nomenclature based on species.
已对生长缓慢的光产色分枝杆菌（鲁尼恩菌群I）及密切相关的微生物进行了一项合作分类学研究。在七个实验室对54株菌株进行了表型数据研究，并通过数值分类学方法进行收集和分析。独立分析免疫特性和噬菌体敏感性模式，以建立与数值分类的相关性。胃分枝杆菌、堪萨斯分枝杆菌和海分枝杆菌呈现为明显界定清晰的聚类，血清学和噬菌体数据支持这三个菌种的分类。列出了决定性特征表。猿分枝杆菌和亚洲分枝杆菌各两株形成一个松散的聚类，与上述三个菌种明显分开；所检测菌株数量较少，无法确定这两个菌种的决定性特征列表。得出的结论是，鲁尼恩菌群为开展一系列合作研究提供了一个实用但随意的基础，已经完成了其使命，现在应该被基于菌种的分类和命名所取代。
