• Mycobacterium mucogenicum Etymology: mucogenicum, from the organism's highly mucoid appearance. Gram-positive, nonmotile, curved and acid-fast rods. Colony...
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    Mycobacterium is a genus of over 190 species in the phylum Actinomycetota, assigned its own family, Mycobacteriaceae. This genus includes pathogens known...
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  • Mycobacterium avium complex is a group of mycobacteria comprising Mycobacterium intracellulare and Mycobacterium avium that are commonly grouped because...
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    Mycobacterium bovis is a slow-growing (16- to 20-hour generation time) aerobic bacterium and the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle (known as bovine...
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  • Mycobacterium vaccae is a nonpathogenic species of the Mycobacteriaceae family of bacteria that lives naturally in soil. Its name originates from the...
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  • Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher in 1959, having been isolated in...
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    Mycobacterium smegmatis is an acid-fast bacterial species in the phylum Actinomycetota and the genus Mycobacterium. It is 3.0 to 5.0 μm long with a bacillus...
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  • : 340  Mycobacterium fortuitum Mycobacterium chelonae Mycobacterium smegmatis Mycobacterium abscessus Mycobacterium mucogenicum Mycobacterium peregrinum...
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    Mycobacteroides abscessus (formerly Mycobacterium abscessus) is a species of rapidly growing, multidrug-resistant, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that...
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  • genetic diversity of environmental and patient isolates of Mycobacterium mucogenicum and Mycobacterium phocaicum associated with an outbreak of bacteremias...
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  • Mycobacterium lepromatosis is an aerobic, acid-fast bacillus (AFB), and the second known causative agent of Hansen's disease (leprosy). It was discovered...
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  • Mycobacterium africanum is a species of Mycobacterium that is most commonly found in West African countries, where it is estimated to cause up to 40%...
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  • Mycobacterium monacense is a yellow-pigmented, non-photochromogenic species of mycobacterium named after Monacum, the Latin name of the German city Munich...
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    Mycobacterium kansasii is a bacterium in the Mycobacterium genus. It is an environmental bacteria that causes opportunistic infections in humans, and is...
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  • Mycobacterium celatum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla...
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  • Mycobacterium hassiacum is a rapid-growing thermophilic mycobacterium that was isolated in human urine in 1997 by researchers at the German University...
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  • canariasense are unique. Most closely related to Mycobacterium diernhoferi and Mycobacterium mucogenicum. First isolated from blood samples obtained from...
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  • Mycobacterium haemophilum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant...
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  • Mycobacterium rhodesiae is a species of Mycobacterium. Euzéby JP. "Mycobacterium rhodesiae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)...
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    Mycobacterium ulcerans is a species of bacteria found in various aquatic environments. The bacteria can infect humans and some other animals, causing...
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  • Mycobacterium nebraskense is a slow growing, yellow, pigmented mycobacterium that was first isolated from human sputum at the University of Nebraska Medical...
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  • Mycobacterium triplex is a species of Mycobacterium. It is closely related to Mycobacterium genavense. It causes disease in immunocompromised patients...
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  • Mycobacterium porcinum is a species of Mycobacterium. Taddei, R.; Barbieri, I.; Pacciarini, M.L.; Fallacara, F.; Belletti, G.L.; Arrigoni, N. (August 2008)...
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  • Mycobacterium canettii, a novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), was first reported in 1969 by the French microbiologist...
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  • Mycobacterium thermoresistibile is a species of Mycobacterium. Weitzman, I; Osadczyi, D; Corrado, ML; Karp, D (November 1981). "Mycobacterium thermoresistibile:...
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  • Mycobacterium duvalii is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla...
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  • Mycobacterium sphagni is a species of Mycobacterium. Trujillo, M. E.; Velázquez, E; Kroppenstedt, RM; Schumann, P; Rivas, R; Mateos, PF; Martínez-Molina...
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  • Mycobacterium diernhoferi is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant...
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  • Mycobacterium saskatchewanense is a species of Mycobacterium. It is closely related to Mycobacterium interjectum. Turenne, CY; Thibert, L; Williams, K;...
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  • Mycobacterium chubuense is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant...
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