Kingdom Bacteria Order Actinomycetales Family Mycobacteriaceae Higher classification Mycobacterium avium | Phylum Actinobacteria Suborder Corynebacterineae Genus Mycobacterium Rank Subspecies | |
Scientific name Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Similar Mycobacterium, Bacteria, Mycobacterium celatum | ||
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum 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.
Type strain: strain 6409 = ATCC 49884 = CCUG 47446 = CIP 103317 = DSM 44175.
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990 was previously known as Mycobacterium avium strain wood pigeon.
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