Mycobacterium moriokaense

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.

Description

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

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Pathogenesis

Type strain

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

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