Mycobacterium xenopi
Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher[1] in 1959, having been isolated in lesions found on a Xenopus laevis, but the possibility of human infection was not confirmed until 1965.
It has low pathogenicity in humans,[2] and where infections have been found they are closely associated with immunocompromised individuals.
Type strain: strain ATCC 19250 = CCUG 28011 = CCUG 31306 = CIP 104035 = DSM 43995 = NCTC 10042.
References
- SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420.
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| Slowly growing
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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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| | Disease |
- Gram-positive firmicutes
- Gram-positive actinobacteria
- Gram-negative proteobacteria
- Gram-negative non-proteobacteria
- Cholera
- Tuberculosis
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| | Treatment |
- Antibiotics
- cell wall
- nucleic acid
- mycobacteria
- protein synthesis
- other
- Antibodies
- Vaccines
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