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Mycobacterium moriokaense

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium moriokaense

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium moriokaense
Etymology: moriokaense, from Morioka, Japan where the organism was first isolated.

Contents

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6 µm x 0.5 µm).

Colony characteristics

  • Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.

    • Physiology

  • Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28°C, 37°C and 42°C, but not at 45°C within 3 days.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Biosafety level 1

    • Type strain

  • First isolated from sputum of a patient with tuberculosis and from soil in Morioka, Japan.

    • Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.

    References

    Mycobacterium moriokaense Wikipedia
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