Mycobacterium septicum

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Mycobacterium septicum
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. septicum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium septicum
Schinsky et al. 2000

Mycobacterium septicum is a species of Mycobacterium . [1] It is a rapid growing nontuberculous mycobacterium in the Mycobacterium fortuitum group. [2]

References

  1. Adékambi, Toïdi; Drancourt, Michel (June 2006). "Isolation of Mycobacterium septicum from the sputum of a patient suffering from hemoptoic pneumonia". Res. Microbiol. 157 (5): 466–70. doi: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.10.006 . PMID   16364605.
  2. Schinsky, M F; McNeil, M M; Whitney, A M; Steigerwalt, A G; Lasker, B A; Floyd, M M; Hogg, G G; Brenner, D J; Brown, J M (2000). "Mycobacterium septicum sp. nov., a new rapidly growing species associated with catheter-related bacteraemia". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 575–581. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-575. ISSN   1466-5034.