Mycobacterium moriokaense Tsukamura et al., 1986
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- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Mycobacteriales
- family
- Mycobacteriaceae
- genus
- Mycobacterium
- species
- Mycobacterium moriokaense
Abstract
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
Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.
Physiology
Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28 °C, 37 °C and 42 °C, but not at 45 °C within 3 days.
Dry, rough and nonpigmented (nonphotochromogenic) colonies.
Physiology
Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media at 28 °C, 37 °C and 42 °C, but not at 45 °C within 3 days.
Pathogenesis
Biosafety level 1
Type strain
First isolated from sputum of a patient with tuberculosis and from soil in Morioka, Japan.
Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.
Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.