Mycobacterium kumamotonense

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Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. kumamotonense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium kumamotonense Masaki et al. 2007, JCM 13453

Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Etymology: kumamotonense, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.

Contents 1 Description 2 Pathogenesis 3 Type Strain 4 References

[edit] Description

• Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.

[edit] Pathogenesis

[edit] Type Strain

• First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.

Strain CST 7247 = CCUG 51961 = JCM 13453

[edit] References

• Masaki et al. 2006. Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol. Immunol., 50, 889-897.]