- Mycobacterium madagascariense
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Mycobacterium madagascariense Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. madagascariense Binomial name Mycobacterium madagascariense
Ausina et al. 1992, ATCC 49865Mycobacterium madagascariense
Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated.Contents
Description
Polymorphic, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
- Smooth and glistening colonies with yellow or orange pigmentation (1-2mm in diameter).
Physiology
- Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 31°C. No growth at 37°C or above.
Differential characteristics
- Differentiated from Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium obuense by its failure to grow at 37°C
Pathogenesis
- Not known to be pathogenic.
- Biosafety level 1
Type strain
- First isolated from three different sphagnum biotopes in Madagascar.
Strain P2 = ATCC 49865 = CIP 104538 = JCM 13574.
References
- Kazda et al. 1992. Mycobacterium madagascariense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 42, 524-528.
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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