Mycobacterium kumamotonense

Mycobacterium kumamotonense
Etymology: kumamotonense, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.

Description[]

• Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.

Pathogenesis[]

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Type strain[]

• First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.

Strain CST 7247 = CCUG 51961 = JCM 13453

References[]

• Masaki et al. 2006. Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex. Microbiol. Immunol., 50, 889–897. PMID 17116985

External links[]

• Type strain of Mycobacterium kumamotonense at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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