Mycobacterium caprae

Mycobacterium caprae
Mycobacterium caprae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. caprae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium caprae
Aranaz et al. 2003,[1] ATCC BAA-824

Mycobacterium caprae Type strain: strain spc-1 = gM-1 = ATCC BAA-824 = CIP 105776. Basonym: ¤ Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999. Other synonym: ¤ Mycobacterium bovis subsp. caprae (Aranaz et al. 1999) Niemann et al. 2002.

It can cause tuberculosis.[2]

References

  1. ^ Aranaz A, Cousins D, Mateos A, Domínguez L (November 2003). "Elevation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. caprae Aranaz et al. 1999 to species rank as Mycobacterium caprae comb. nov., sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 6): 1785–9. PMID 14657105. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14657105. 
  2. ^ Rodríguez E, Sánchez LP, Pérez S, et al. (December 2009). "Human tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium bovis and M. caprae in Spain, 2004-2007". Int. J. Tuberc. Lung Dis. 13 (12): 1536–41. PMID 19919773. http://openurl.ingenta.com/content/nlm?genre=article&issn=1027-3719&volume=13&issue=12&spage=1536&aulast=Rodríguez. 
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