Mycobacterium nebraskense

Mycobacterium nebraskense
Mycobacterium nebraskense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. nebraskense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium nebraskense
Mohamed et al. 2004, ATCC BAA-837

Mycobacterium nebraskense is a slowly growing yellow pigmented mycobacterium[1] that was first isolated from human sputum in Nebraska, USA.

References

  1. ^ Mohamed AM, Iwen PC, Tarantolo S, Hinrichs SH (November 2004). "Mycobacterium nebraskense sp. nov., a novel slowly growing scotochromogenic species". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 6): 2057–60. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63126-0. PMID 15545434. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=15545434.