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Mycobacterium hiberniae

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium hiberniae

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium hiberniae 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 Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 µm x 1.2-1.5 µm).

Colony characteristics

  • Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5 mm in diameter.

    • Physiology

  • Slow growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 37°C (range: 22-37°C). No growth at 42°C.
  • Resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin
  • Sensitive to ethambutol.

    • Differential characteristics

  • M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Not pathogenic
  • Provokes a nonspecific skin hypersensitivity reaction to bovine tuberculin.
  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

  • First isolated from true moss, sphagnum and soil in Ireland

    • Strain Hi 11 = ATCC 49874 = CIP 104537 = DSM 44241 = JCM 13571.

    References

    Mycobacterium hiberniae Wikipedia
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