Proposal to Reject the Specific Epithet marianum in the Name Mycobacterium marianum Penso 1953 and to Conserve the Specific Epithet scrofulaceum in the Name Mycobacterium scrofulaceum Prissick and Masson 1956. Request for an Opinion

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