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Mycobacterium agri

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium agri

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium agri is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus mycobacterium.

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Description

Microscopy

  • Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (3-7 µm long). Frequently join to grow in long threads.

    • Colony characteristics

  • Rough, and nonphotochromogenic colonies.

    • Physiology

  • Rapid growth on egg media at 22-45°C, not at 52°C, in less than 5 days.
  • Niacin negative, catalase positive, β-galactosidase usually positive.
  • Tween 80 not hydrolysed after 14 days.
  • Resistant to 5% NaCl, p-nitrobenzoic acid (0.5 mg/ml) and thiophene-2-carboxylic acid hydrazide (1 mg/l).

    • Pathogenesis

    Not associated with disease.

    Distribution

  • Found in soil world-wide

    • Type strain

  • Strain 90012 = ATCC 27406 = CCUG 37673 A = CIP 105391 = DSM 44515 = JCM 6377.

    • References

    Mycobacterium agri Wikipedia
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