Mycobacterium palustre

Mycobacterium palustre
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Actinobacteria"
Class:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. palustre
Binomial name
	Mycobacterium palustre; Torkko et al. 2002, ATCC BAA-377

Mycobacterium palustre is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from an environmental source in Finland. It is potentially pathogenic, and has been isolated from human and veterinary clinical specimens.

Type strain[]

First isolated from water from a stream in Finland.
Strain E846 = ATCC BAA-377 = DSM 44572.

References[]

^ Torkko, P; Suomalainen, S; Iivanainen, E; Tortoli, E; Suutari, M; Seppänen, J; Paulin, L; Katila, ML (2002). "Mycobacterium palustre sp. Nov., a potentially pathogenic, slowly growing mycobacterium isolated from clinical and veterinary specimens and from Finnish stream waters". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1519–25. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02089-0. PMID 12361253.

External links[]

Type strain of Mycobacterium palustre at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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[1] Torkko, P; Suomalainen, S; Iivanainen, E; Tortoli, E; Suutari, M; Seppänen, J; Paulin, L; Katila, ML (2002). "Mycobacterium palustre sp. Nov., a potentially pathogenic, slowly growing mycobacterium isolated from clinical and veterinary specimens and from Finnish stream waters". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1519–25. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02089-0. PMID 12361253.

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