Table 4.

Genus demarcation boundary

The AF and ANI scores of each proposed genus along with associated type species used are outlined. These values combined demarcate each individual genus boundary.

Genus	Type species	AF boundary	ANI boundary
Mycobacterium (original)	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	0.265	73.67
Mycobacterium (Gupta)	Mycobacterium tuberculosis	0.515	77.4
Mycobacteroides	Mycobacteroides abscessus	0.4	74.98
Mycolicibacillus	Mycolicibacillus trivialis	0.59	79.5
Mycolicibacter	Mycolicibacter terrae	0.59	79.49
Mycolicibacterium	Mycolicibacterium fortuitum	0.47	77.53