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Mycobacterium murale

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Order
  
Actinomycetales

Family
  
Mycobacteriaceae

Scientific name
  
Mycobacterium murale

Phylum
  
Actinobacteria

Suborder
  
Corynebacterineae

Genus
  
Mycobacterium

Rank
  
Species

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Mycobacterium murale

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Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods or coccobacilli (0.4-0.5 µm x 0.6-1.4 µm).

Colony characteristics Smooth and scotochromogenic colonies of saffron yellow color.

Physiology

  • Growth on Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 10-37°C, optimum at 30°C within 5 days.
  • Susceptible to amikacin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin and ethambutol.
  • Resistant to isoniazid.

    • Differential characteristics

  • Mycobacterium murale and Mycobacterium tokaiense share an identical 5'-16S rDNA sequence
  • However the ITS sequence of both species differs.

    • Pathogenesis

  • Not known.

    • Type strain

  • First isolated from water-damaged indoor building material, Finland.

    • Strain MA112/96 = CCUG 39728 = CIP 105980 = DSM 44340 = HAMBI 2320 = JCM 13392.

    References

    Mycobacterium murale Wikipedia
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