Mycobacterium monacense

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Mycobacterium monacense
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetes
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. monacense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium monacense
Reischl et al. 2006, DSM 44395

Mycobacterium monacense is a yellow-pigmented, non-photochromogenic species of mycobacterium named after Monacum, the Latin name of the German city Munich where the first strain was isolated. It grows in less than a week on solid medium.

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Phylogenetic analysis has shown that this strain is most closely related to Mycobacterium doricum . [1]

Description

It is thought to be responsible for a severe, post-traumatic wound infection, reported in a healthy boy. [2]

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain B9-21-178 = CIP 109237 = DSM 44395.

References

  1. ↑ Reischl; et al. (2006). "Mycobacterium monacense sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56 (11): 2575–2578. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64527-0. PMID   17082393.
  2. ↑ Reischl; et al. (2006). "Mycobacterium monacense sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56 (11): 2575–2578. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64527-0. PMID   17082393.
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