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Mycobacterium komossense

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium komossense

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium komossense 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, short to moderately long and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

  • Eugonic, smooth, glistening and yellow-beige pigmented colonies. On Middlebrook 7H10 agar 0.5-2mm in diameter with entire margins.

    • Physiology

  • Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at temperatures between 22°C-37°C in less than 7 days.
  • Optimal growth at 31°C, no growth at 45°C.

    • Differential characteristics

  • Uniqueness of species supported by antigenic analysis (immunodiffusion) and specific lipid patterns.
  • A numerical taxonomy comparison showed close relationship to Mycobacterium aichiense.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Not known to be pathogenic in animals or humans.
  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

  • First isolated from intact sphagnum vegetation in the Komosse sphagnum bog in southern Sweden and Atlantic coastal area of Norway.

    • Strain Ko 2 = ATCC 33013 = CIP 105293 = DSM 44078 = HAMBI 2279 = HAMBI 2280 = JCM 12408.

    References

    Mycobacterium komossense Wikipedia
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