Mycobacterium phlei
| Mycobacterium phlei | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. phlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium phlei Lehmann & Neumann 1899
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Mycobacterium phlei is a species of
Description
M. phlei is a rod-shaped bacterium 1.0 to 2.0 micrometers in length.[2] If grown on an agar plate, M. phlei colonies appear orange to yellow in color, and predominantly dense with smooth edges, although some smaller filamentous colonies have also been described.[2] Like other mycobacteria, M. phlei retains the acid-fast stain. M. phlei can grow at temperatures ranging from 28 °C to 52 °C.[2]
History
M. phlei was first identified as the "Timothy Bacillus" or "Grass Bacillus I" by the German microbiologist Alfred Moëller in 1898.[2] The following year, the bacterium was given its current name by Karl Bernhard Lehmann and Rudolf Otto Neumann.[2]
This bacterium was extensively studied by Brodie and collaborators,[3] in connection with the metabolism and role of vitamin K2.
References
- PMID 4698221.
- ^ PMID 13069464.
- ^ "Arnold Frank Brodie - Publications".
External links
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