- Mycobacterium houstonense
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Mycobacterium houstonense Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. houstonense Binomial name Mycobacterium houstonense
Schinsky et al., 2004Type strain ATCC 49403 Mycobacterium houstonense is a member of the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex. The specific epithet houstonense refers to Houston, Texas, where the first isolate of the M. fortuitum third biovariant (sorbitol-positive) was identified.[1]
References
- ^ Mark F. Schinsky, Roger E. Morey, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Michael P. Douglas, Rebecca W. Wilson, Margaret M. Floyd, W. Ray Butler, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Michael M. McNeil, Don J. Brenner & June M. Brown (2004). "Taxonomic variation in the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex: description of Mycobacterium boenickei sp. nov., Mycobacterium houstonense sp. nov., Mycobacterium neworleansense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium brisbanense sp. nov. and recognition of Mycobacterium porcinum from human clinical isolates". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54: 1653–1667. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02743-0. PMID 15388725.
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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