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Mycobacterium gadium

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium gadium

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium gadium 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

Short gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

  • Yellow-orange, scotochromogenic colonies, but the pigmentation deepens with exposure to light. Older cultures are more dry and rough.

    • Physiology

  • Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 28°C and 37°C, but not at 45°C.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Pathogenicity in humans is not known. Production of a local regressing infection but no death in mice.
  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

    First isolated from known tuberculous patient from Cadiz, Spain. Strain ATCC 27726 = CCUG 37515 = CIP 105388 = DSM 44077 = HAMBI 2274 = JCM 12688 = NCTC 10942.

    References

    Mycobacterium gadium Wikipedia
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