Mycobacterium heckeshornense

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Mycobacterium heckeshornense
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. heckeshornense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium heckeshornense
Roth et al. 2001, DSM 44428

Mycobacterium heckeshornense 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. Cells are typically rod-shaped, with some coccoid forms.

Colony characteristics Smooth, yellow scotochromogenic colonies appear after 4 weeks of culture.

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain S369 = CCUG 51897 = DSM 44428

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