Mycobacterium cosmeticum

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Mycobacterium cosmeticum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. cosmeticum

Binomial name

Mycobacterium cosmeticum
Cooksey et al. 2004, ATCC BAA-878

Mycobacterium cosmeticum

Etymology: cosmeticum, referring to cosmetics.

1 Description
2 Pathogenesis
3 Type Strain
4 References

[edit] Description

[edit] Pathogenesis

[edit] Type Strain

Strain LTA-388 = ATCC BAA-878 = CIP 108170.

[edit] References

Cooksey et al. 2004. Mycobacterium cosmeticum sp. nov., a novel rapidly growing species isolated from a cosmetic infection and from a nail salon. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.,54, 2385-2391.