Mycobacterium hiberniae

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Mycobacterium hiberniae
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M. hiberniae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium hiberniae
Kazda et al. 1993, ATCC 49874

Mycobacterium hiberniae 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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Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 µm x 1.2-1.5 µm).

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain Hi 11 = ATCC 49874 = CIP 104537 = DSM 44241 = JCM 13571.

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