Mycobacterium madagascariense

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Kingdom Bacteria Order Actinomycetales Family Mycobacteriaceae Rank Species		Phylum Actinobacteria Suborder Corynebacterineae Genus Mycobacterium
Scientific name Mycobacterium madagascariense People also search for Mycobacterium confluentis

Mycobacterium madagascariense
Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated.

Description

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

Colony characteristics

Smooth and glistening colonies with yellow or orange pigmentation (1-2mm in diameter).

Physiology

Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 31°C. No growth at 37°C or above.

Differential characteristics

Differentiated from Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium obuense by its failure to grow at 37°C

Not known to be pathogenic.

Biosafety level 1

First isolated from three different sphagnum biotopes in Madagascar.

Strain P2 = ATCC 49865 = CIP 104538 = JCM 13574.

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