Mycobacterium mucogenicum

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Kingdom Bacteria Order Actinomycetales Family Mycobacteriaceae Scientific name Mycobacterium mucogenicum		Phylum Actinobacteria Suborder Corynebacterineae Genus Mycobacterium Rank Species
Similar Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium mageritense, Mycobacterium lentiflavum, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium fortuitum

Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Etymology: mucogenicum, from the organism's highly mucoid appearance.

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile, curved and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Highly mucoid behavior of most strains on solid agar. Smooth and off-white on Middlebrook 7H10 agar

Physiology

Rapid growth on Middlebrook 7H10 at 28°C to 37°C, but not at 42°C, within 2 – 4 days.

Susceptible to amikacin, imipenem, cefoxitin, clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin.

Resistant to isoniazid and rifampin.

Posttraumatic skin infections,

catheter sepsis and respiratory isolates without clinical significance except in immunocompromised hosts.

Biosafety level 2

First isolated in 1976 during an outbreak of peritonitis associated with automated peritoneal dialysis machines in the north-western United States.

Strain ATCC 49650 = CCUG 47451 = CIP 105223 = DSM 44625 = JCM 13575.

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