- Mycobacterium palustre
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Mycobacterium palustre Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. palustre Binomial name Mycobacterium palustre
Torkko et al. 2002,[1] ATCC BAA-377Mycobacterium palustre is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from an environmental source in Finland. It is potentially pathogenic, and has been isolated from human and veterinary clinical specimens.
Type strain
- First isolated from water from a stream in Finland.
- Strain E846 = ATCC BAA-377 = DSM 44572.
References
- ^ Torkko, P; Suomalainen, S; Iivanainen, E; Tortoli, E; Suutari, M; Seppänen, J; Paulin, L; Katila, ML (2002). "Mycobacterium palustre sp. Nov., a potentially pathogenic, slowly growing mycobacterium isolated from clinical and veterinary specimens and from Finnish stream waters". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 52 (Pt 5): 1519–25. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02089-0. PMID 12361253.
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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