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Mycobacterium gilvum

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium gilvum

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium gilvum 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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Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.

Description

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

Colony characteristics

  • Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.

    • Physiology

  • Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25 °C and 37 °C, but not at 45 °C, within 7 days.
  • Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.

    • Differential characteristics

  • 5 species-specific antigens, demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Not assumed to be pathogenic.
  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

    First isolated from sputum and pleura fluid (London). Strain ATCC 43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.

    References

    Mycobacterium gilvum Wikipedia
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