Mycobacterium arupense

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Mycobacterium arupense

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

Binomial name

Mycobacterium arupense
Cloud et al. 2006, ATCC BAA-1242

Mycobacterium arupense is a rapidly growing mycobacterium first isolated from soil and human sputum samples in Spain. Etymology: arupense, pertaining to the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, where the type strain was characterized.

1 Description
2 Pathogenesis
3 Type Strain
4 References

[edit] Description

Microscopy

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1-3µm x 0.5-0.7µm), mostly strong acid-fast.

Colony characteristics

Colonies are eugonic, rough and nonpigmented.

Physiology

Colonies occur within 5 days at 30°C (optimum temperature, no growth at 45°C) on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and on Middlebrook 7H10 agar.
No growth on MacConkey agar without crystal violet.
The type strain is resistant to D-cycloserine, streptomycin, isoniazid (0.1 and 1 mg/l), rifampin, and thiacetazone and is susceptible to isoniazid (10 mg/l), kanamycin, and capreomycin.

[edit] Pathogenesis

Not associated with disease.

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples, Spain.
Strain AR30097 = ATCC BAA-1242 = DSM 44942.

[edit] References

CLOUD (J.L.), MEYER (J.J.), POUNDER (J.I.), JOST Jr. (K.C.), SWEENEY (A.), CARROLL (K.C.) and WOODS (G.L.): Mycobacterium arupense sp. nov., a non-chromogenic bacterium isolated from clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1413-1418.