Mycobacterium elephantis

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Mycobacterium elephantis

Scientific classification

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

Binomial name

Mycobacterium elephantis
Shojaei et al. 2000, DSM 44368

Mycobacterium elephantis

[edit] Description

A rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from an elephant. Strain 484 = CIP 106831 = DSM 44368 = JCM 12406

[edit] References

Shojaei et al. 2000. Mycobacterium elephantis sp. nov., a rapidly growing non-chromogenic Mycobacterium isolated from an elephant. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 50, 1817-1819