Mycobacterium abcessus

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Mycobacterium abscessus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. abscessus
Binomial name
Mycobacterium abscessus Kusonoki and Ezaki 1992 ATCC 19977

Mycobacterium abscessus

A common water contaminant that was until recently thought to be a subspecies of M. chelonae.

Contents 1 Pathogenesis 2 Epidemiology 3 Treatment 4 Type Strain 5 References

[edit] Pathogenesis

[edit] Epidemiology

[edit] Treatment

[edit] Type Strain

ATCC 19977 = CCUG 20993 = CIP 104536 = DSM 44196 = JCM 13569 = NCTC 13031

[edit] References

• Kusunoki,S.,T. Ezaki. 1992. Proposal of Mycobacterium peregrinum sp. nov., nom. rev., and elevation of Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus (Kubica et al.) to species status: Mycobacterium abscessus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42, 240-245.