Mycobacterium fallax

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Mycobacterium fallax
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. fallax
Binomial name
Mycobacterium fallax
Lévy-Frébault, V. et al. 1983, [1] ATCC 35219

Mycobacterium fallax is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (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 (0.5 – 1 µm long) except for a small number (less than 20%) of cyanophil forms.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

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