Mycobacterium komossense

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Mycobacterium komossense
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. komossense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium komossense
Kazda and Muller 1979, ATCC 33013

Mycobacterium komossense 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, short to moderately long and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain Ko 2 = ATCC 33013 = CIP 105293 = DSM 44078 = HAMBI 2279 = HAMBI 2280 = JCM 12408.

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