| Mycobacterium interjectum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. interjectum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium interjectum Springer et al. 1995, ATCC 51457 | |
Mycobacterium interjectum 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.
Etymology: Phylogenetic position between (Latin : interjectum) rapidly and slowly growing mycobacteria.
Mycobacterium interjectum is Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.6-1.0 µm x 0.7-2.0 µm). Filaments (up to 6.0 µm) possible.
Dysgonic, smooth and scotochromogenic colonies (1–2 mm in diameter).
Differential characteristics
Strain 4185/92 = ATCC 51457 = CCUG 37514 = DSM 44064
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