Mycobacterium kumamotonense

Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Etymology: kumamotonense, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.

Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Corynebacterineae
Family:
Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:
Mycobacterium
Species:
M. kumamotonense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Masaki et al. 2007, JCM 13453

Description
  • Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.

Pathogenesis

Type strain
  • First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.

Strain CST 7247 = CCUG 51961 = JCM 13453

References
    • Masaki et al. 2006. Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol. Immunol., 50, 889-897. PMID 17116985


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