Mycobacterium palustre
Mycobacterium palustre is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from an environmental source in Finland. It is potentially pathogenic, and has been isolated from human and veterinary clinical specimens.
Type strain
- First isolated from water from a stream in Finland.
- Strain E846 = ATCC BAA-377 = DSM 44572.
References
- ↑ Torkko, P; Suomalainen, S; Iivanainen, E; Tortoli, E; Suutari, M; Seppänen, J; Paulin, L; Katila, ML (2002). "Mycobacterium palustre sp. Nov., a potentially pathogenic, slowly growing mycobacterium isolated from clinical and veterinary specimens and from Finnish stream waters". International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 52 (Pt 5): 1519–25. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02089-0. PMID 12361253.
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(R1P=photochromogenic;
R2S=scotochromogenic;
R3N=nonchromogenic) | Long helix 18
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| K/H groups | M. kansasii group | |
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| M. haemophilum group | |
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| M. conspicuum group | |
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| Long helix 18
(other) | M. xenopi group | |
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| M. celatum group | |
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| M. hiberniae group | |
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| Ungrouped | |
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| Rapidly growing/
Runyon IV | M. neoaurum group | |
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| F/T groups | M. fortuitum group | |
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| M. vaccae group | |
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| M. smegmatis group | |
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| M. chelonae group | |
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| M. elephantis group | |
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