Mycobacterium xenopi

Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher[1] in 1959, having been isolated in lesions found on a Xenopus laevis, but the possibility of human infection was not confirmed until 1965.

Mycobacterium xenopi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Actinomycetales
Suborder:
Corynebacterineae
Family:
Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:
Mycobacterium
Species:
M. xenopi
Binomial name
Mycobacterium xenopi
Schwabacher 1959, ATCC 19250

It has low pathogenicity in humans,[2] and where infections have been found they are closely associated with immunocompromised individuals.

Type strain: strain ATCC 19250 = CCUG 28011 = CCUG 31306 = CIP 104035 = DSM 43995 = NCTC 10042.

References
  1. Schwabacher, Herta (2009). "A strain of mycobacterium isolated from skin lesions of a cold-blooded animal, Xenopus laevis, and its relation to atypical acid-fast bacilli occurring in man". Journal of Hygiene. 57 (1): 57–67. doi:10.1017/S0022172400019896. PMC 2218100. PMID 13641655.
  2. Mycobacterium Xenopi at eMedicine

Further reading
  • Skerman, V. B. D.; McGowan, V.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30 (1): 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.


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