Mycobacterium gilvum
| Mycobacterium gilvum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. gilvum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium gilvum Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971, ATCC 43909
| |
Mycobacterium gilvum is a species of the phylum
guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium
.
Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.
Description
Pleomorphic
acid-fast
rods.
Colony characteristics
- Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.
- Rapid growth on °Cand 37 °C, but not at 45 °C, within 7 days.
- Resistant to sodium aminosalicylate.
Differential characteristics
- 5 species-specific antigens, demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.
Pathogenesis
- Not assumed to be pathogenic.
- Biosafety level 1
Type strain
First isolated from
pleura fluid (London
).
Strain ATCC
43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.
References
- Stanford,J., G. Gunthorpe. 1971. A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duvalii (new species). British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 52, 627–637.] PMID 5002706
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