- Mycobacterium moriokaense
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Mycobacterium moriokaense Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. moriokaense Binomial name Mycobacterium moriokaense
Tsukamura et al. 1986, ATCC 43059Mycobacterium moriokaense
Etymology: moriokaense, from Morioka, Japan where the organism was first isolated.Contents
Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6 µm x 0.5 µm).
Colony characteristics
- Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.
Physiology
- Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28°C, 37°C and 42°C, but not at 45°C within 3 days.
Pathogenesis
Type strain
- First isolated from sputum of a patient with tuberculosis and from soil in Morioka, Japan.
Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.
References
- Tsukamura et al. 1986. Mycobacterium moriokaense sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 36, 333-338.
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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