Mycobacterium moriokaense

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Mycobacterium moriokaense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. moriokaense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium moriokaense Tsukamura et al. 1986, ATCC 43059

Mycobacterium moriokaense
Etymology: moriokaense, from Morioka, Japan where the organism was first isolated.

Contents 1 Description 2 Pathogenesis 3 Type Strain 4 References

[edit] Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6µm x 0.5µm).

Colony characteristics

• Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.

Physiology

• Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28°C, 37°C and 42°C, but not at 45°C within 3 days.

[edit] Pathogenesis

• Biosafety level 1

[edit] Type Strain

• First isolated from sputum of a patient with tuberculosis and from soil in Morioka, Japan.

Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.

[edit] References

• Tsukamura et al. 1986. Mycobacterium moriokaense sp. nov., a rapidly growing, nonphotochromogenic Mycobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 36, 333-338.