Mycobacterium moriokaense
Appearance
Mycobacterium moriokaense | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. moriokaense
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium moriokaense Tsukamura et al. 1986, ATCC 43059
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Mycobacterium moriokaense
Etymology: moriokaense, from Morioka, Japan where the organism was first isolated.
Description
[edit]Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6 μm x 0.5 μm).
Colony characteristics
- Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.
Physiology
- Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28 °C, 37 °C and 42 °C, but not at 45 °C within 3 days.
Pathogenesis
[edit]Type strain
[edit]- First isolated from sputum of a patient with tuberculosis and from soil in Morioka, Japan.
Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.
References
[edit]- Tsukamura et al. 1986. Mycobacterium moriokaense sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 36, 333–338.
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