Mycobacterium malmoense

Mycobacterium malmoense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. malmoense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium malmoense
Schroder and Juhlin 1977, ATCC 29571

Mycobacterium malmoense is a Gram-positive bacterium from the genus Mycobacterium.

Etymology

From the city of Malmö, Sweden where the strain used for the description was isolated from patients.

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile, acid-fast and coccoid to short rods.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain ATCC 29571 = CCUG 37761 = CIP 105775 = DSM 44163 = JCM 13391 = NCTC 11298.

References

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