Mycobacterium madagascariense

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Mycobacterium madagascariense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. madagascariense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium madagascariense Ausina et al. 1992, ATCC 49865

Mycobacterium madagascariense
Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated.

Contents 1 Description 2 Pathogenesis 3 Type Strain 4 References

[edit] Description

Polymorphic, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

• Smooth and glistening colonies with yellow or orange pigmentation (1-2mm in diameter).

Physiology

• Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 31°C. No growth at 37°C or above.

Differential characteristics

• Differentiated from Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium obuense by its failure to grow at 37°C

[edit] Pathogenesis

• Not known to be pathogenic.
• Biosafety level 1

[edit] Type Strain

• First isolated from three different sphagnum biotopes in Madagascar.

Strain P2 = ATCC 49865 = CIP 104538 = JCM 13574.

[edit] References

• Kazda et al. 1992. Mycobacterium madagascariense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 42, 524-528.