Mycobacterium alvei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. alvei |
Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium alvei Ausina et al. 1992, ATCC 51304 |
Mycobacterium alvei
Contents |
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1-3 µm x 0.5-0.7 µm).
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain. Strain CR-21 = ATCC 51304 = CIP 103464 = DSM 44176 = JCM 12272.