- Mycobacterium kubicae
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Mycobacterium kubicae Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. kubicae Binomial name Mycobacterium kubicae
Floyd et al. 2000, ATCC 700732Mycobacterium kubicae
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Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods. Cells are typically rod-shaped, with some coccoid forms.
Colony characteristics
- Smooth and domed, with a yellow scotochromogenic pigment on Middlebrook 7H11 agar, film like on Löwenstein-Jensen media.
Physiology
- Mature growth in 21 days between 33°C and 37°C.
- Isolates are resistant to amikacin and rifampin
- Partially resistant to ciprofloxacin, cycloserine, ethambutol, isoniazid, rifabutin and streptomycin,
- Susceptible to clarithromycin, clofazimine and ethionamide.
Pathogenicity.
Distribution.
Pathogenesis
- Not known to be associated with disease.
- Biosafety level unknown
Type strain
- The type strain was isolated from human sputum.
Strain ATCC 700732 = CDC 941078 = CIP 106428 = DSM 44627 = JCM 13573.
References
- Floyd et al. 2000. Mycobacterium kubicae sp. nov., a slowly growing, scotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 50, 1811-1816.
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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