Mycobacterium haemophilum

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Mycobacterium haemophilum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. haemophilum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium haemophilum
Sompolinsky et al. 1978, ATCC 29548

Mycobacterium haemophilum 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

Short, occasionally curved, gram-positive, nonmotile and strongly acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Distribution.

Pathogenesis

Type strain

First isolated in Israel from a subcutaneous granuloma from a patient with Hodgkin's disease. An environmental reservoir is presumed. Strain ATCC 29548 = CCUG 47452 = CIP 105049 = DSM 44634 = NCTC 11185.

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