Mycobacterium alvei

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Mycobacterium alvei
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Actinobacteria"
Class:
Actinobacteria
Order:
Mycobacteriales
Family:
Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:
Mycobacterium
Species:
M. alvei
Binomial name
Mycobacterium alvei
Ausina et al. 1992, ATCC 51304

Mycobacterium alvei is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.

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Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1-3 µm x 0.5-0.7 µm).

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain. Strain CR-21 = ATCC 51304 = CIP 103464 = DSM 44176 = JCM 12272.

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