- Mycobacterium shimoidei
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Mycobacterium shimoidei is a slowly growing non-pigmented species of mycobacteria. It is rarely associated with lung disease in humans. It was first isolated in 1975.[1]
References
- ^ Koukila-Kähkölä, P; Paulin L, Brander E et al. (October 2000). "Characterisation of a new isolate of Mycobacterium shimoidei from Finland". Journal of Medical Microbiology 49 (10): 937–940. PMID 11023191. http://jmm.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/49/10/937.
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 groupCategories:- Medicine stubs
- Corynebacterineae
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