Mycobacterium komossense Kazda & Muller, 1979
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Mycobacteriales
- family
- Mycobacteriaceae
- genus
- Mycobacterium
- species
- Mycobacterium komossense
Abstract
Mycobacterium komossense is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile, short to moderately long and acid-fast rods. Colony characteristics
Eugonic, smooth, glistening and yellow-beige pigmented colonies. On Middlebrook 7H10 agar 0.5-2mm in diameter with entire margins.
Physiology
Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at temperatures between 22 °C-37 °C in less than 7 days. Optimal growth at 31 °C, no growth at 45 °C.
Differential characteristics
Uniqueness of species supported by antigenic analysis (immunodiffusion) and specific lipid patterns. A numerical taxonomy comparison showed close relationship to Mycobacterium aichiense.
Eugonic, smooth, glistening and yellow-beige pigmented colonies. On Middlebrook 7H10 agar 0.5-2mm in diameter with entire margins.
Physiology
Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at temperatures between 22 °C-37 °C in less than 7 days. Optimal growth at 31 °C, no growth at 45 °C.
Differential characteristics
Uniqueness of species supported by antigenic analysis (immunodiffusion) and specific lipid patterns. A numerical taxonomy comparison showed close relationship to Mycobacterium aichiense.
Pathogenesis
Not known to be pathogenic in animals or humans. Biosafety level 1
Type strain
First isolated from intact sphagnum vegetation in the Komosse sphagnum bog in southern Sweden and Atlantic coastal area of Norway.
Strain Ko 2 = ATCC 33013 = CIP 105293 = DSM 44078 = HAMBI 2279 = HAMBI 2280 = JCM 12408.
Strain Ko 2 = ATCC 33013 = CIP 105293 = DSM 44078 = HAMBI 2279 = HAMBI 2280 = JCM 12408.