Mycobacterium farcinogenes

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Mycobacterium farcinogenes

Scientific classification

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

Binomial name

Mycobacterium farcinogenes
Chamoiseau 1973, ATCC 35753

Mycobacterium farcinogenes

1 Description
2 Pathogenesis
3 Type Strain
4 References

[edit] Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and strongly acid-fast rods. Short or long filaments, bent and branched, in clumps or tangled, lacy network.

Colony characteristics Rough, yellow and convoluted [[Colony (biology)|colonies. Firmly adherent to medium and surrounded by an iridescent halo.

Physiology

Slow growth after 15-20 days on Löwenstein-Jensen medium.

Differential characteristics

On the basis of characteristic lipids this species belongs to the genus Mycobacterium and not to the genus Nocardia.
DNA homology to the closely related species Mycobacterium senegalense. Both species, share an identical 5' 16S rDNA sequence. However, the ITS sequences are different

[edit] Pathogenesis

Causes farcy in African cattle.
Distinctive pathogenicity for guinea pigs: on subcutaneous inoculation, M. farcinogenes produces draining and slow healing abscesses after 8 days.

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from lesions of farcy in African bovines (Chad).

Strain IEMVT 75 = ATCC 35753 = CCUG 21047 = DSM 43637 = NCTC 10955.

[edit] References

Chamoiseau,G. 1973. M. farcinogenes agent causal du farcin du bœuf en Afrique. Annales de Microbiologie de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris), 124, 215-222.]