Mycobacterium microti
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| Mycobacterium microti Reed 1957, ATCC 19422
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Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) known as the 'Vole bacillus', first described as a pathogen of field voles in England.[1]
Description
Colony characteristics
- Variable colony morphology, buff in colour, either rough or smooth.
Physiology
- Slow growth on glycerol-free egg media at 37 °C often requiring incubation for 28–60 days. May adapt tolerance to glycerol. May fail to grow in liquid media.
- Usually susceptible to the first line anti tuberculosis antibiotics rifampin, streptomycin and pyrazinamide.
Differential characteristics
Commercially available nucleic acid hybridisation assays are widely used to identify members of the M. tuberculosis complex..
Differentiation between individual members of the M tuberculosis complex is possible using a variety of molecular techniques, and individual strains within a species may be further distinguished using a variety of molecular typing methods.
Pathogenesis
Cause of naturally acquired generalized
Type strain
Strain ATCC 19422 = CIP 104256 = NCTC 8710.
References
- Reed, G. (1957). "Genus Mycobacterium (species affecting warm-blooded animals except those causing leprosy)". In Breed, R.S.; Murray, E.G.D.; Smith, N.R. (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (7th ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. pp. 703–4.
- van Soolingen D, van der Zanden AG, de Haas PE, et al. (July 1998). "Diagnosis of Mycobacterium microti infections among humans by using novel genetic markers". J. Clin. Microbiol. 36 (7): 1840–5. PMID 9650922.
- "Mycobacterium microti". NCBI Taxonomy Browser. 1806.
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