Mycobacterium xenopi

Mycobacterium xenopi
Mycobacterium xenopi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. xenopi
Binomial name
Mycobacterium xenopi
Schwabacher 1959, ATCC 19250

Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher[1] in 1959, having been isolated in lesions found on a Xenopus laevis, but the possibility of human infection was not confirmed until 1965.

It has low pathogenicity in humans,[2] and where infections have been found they are closely associated with immunocompromised individuals.

Type strain: strain ATCC 19250 = CCUG 28011 = CCUG 31306 = CIP 104035 = DSM 43995 = NCTC 10042.

References

  1. ^ [SCHWABACHER (H.): A strain of Mycobacterium isolated from skin lesions of a cold blooded animal, Xenopus laevus, and its relation to atypical acid-fast bacilli occurring in man. Journal of Hygiene, 1959, 57, 57-67.]
  2. ^ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/223480-overview
  • SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420.
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Bacilli
Streptococcus
α
optochin susceptible: S. pneumoniae (Pneumococcal infection)
optochin resistant: S. viridans: S. mitis, S. mutans, S. oralis, S. sanguinis, S. sobrinus, milleri group
β
B, bacitracin resistant, CAMP test+: S. agalactiae
ungrouped: Streptococcus iniae (Cutaneous Streptococcus iniae infection)
Clostridia
Clostridium (spore-forming)
Peptostreptococcus (non-spore forming)
Peptostreptococcus magnus
Mollicutes
Mycoplasmataceae

M: BAC

bact (clas)

gr+f/gr+a(t)/gr-p(c)/gr-o

drug(J1p, w, n, m, vacc)


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