- Mycobacterium kumamotonense
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Mycobacterium kumamotonense Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. kumamotonense Binomial name Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Masaki et al. 2007, JCM 13453Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Etymology: kumamotonense, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.Contents
Description
- Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.
Pathogenesis
Type strain
- First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.
Strain CST 7247 = CCUG 51961 = JCM 13453
References
- Masaki et al. 2006. Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol. Immunol., 50, 889-897. PMID 17116985
Slowly growing
(R1P=photochromogenic;
R2S=scotochromogenic;
R3N=nonchromogenic)Rapidly growing/
Runyon IVM. neoaurum groupF/T groupsM. fortuitum groupM. vaccae groupM. smegmatis groupM. chelonae groupM. elephantis group
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