Order Actinomycetales Family Mycobacteriaceae | Phylum Actinobacteria Suborder Corynebacterineae Genus Mycobacterium Rank Species | |
Similar Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium flavescens, Mycobacterium celatum, Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, Mycobacterium gordonae |
Mycobacterium asiaticum is a slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacterium first isolated from monkeys in 1965. M. asiaticum can, but rarely, causes human pulmonary disease.
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