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Mycobacterium duvalii

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium duvalii

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium duvalii 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

Gram-positive, nonmotile and pleomorphic acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

  • Bright yellow pigmented, scotochromogenic and rough or smooth colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen medium.

    • Physiology

  • Fast growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25°C and 37°C within 7 days. No growth at 45°C.
  • Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.

    • Differential characteristics

  • Characterised by the possession of 6 species-specific antigens demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.

    • Pathogenicity.

    Pathogenesis

    Not pathogenic, but evidence insufficient. Biosafety level 1.

    Type strain

    First isolated from cases of human leprosy by C. W. Duval. Strain ATCC 43910 = CCUG 41352 = CIP 104539 = DSM 44244 = JCM 6396 = NCTC 358.

    References

    Mycobacterium duvalii Wikipedia
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