Mycobacterium mucogenicum

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Mycobacterium mucogenicum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. mucogenicum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Springer et al. 1995, ATCC 49650

Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Etymology: mucogenicum, from the organism's highly mucoid appearance.

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Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile, curved and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Pathogenesis

Type strain

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