| Mycolicibacterium aurum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycolicibacterium |
| Species: | M. aurum |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycolicibacterium aurum (Tsukamura 1966) Gupta et al. 2018 | |
| Type strain | |
| ATCC 23366 CCUG 37666 CIP 104465 DSM 43999 HAMBI 2275 JCM 6366 LMG 19255 NCTC 10437 NRRL B-4037 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mycolicibacterium aurum 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 Mycolicibacterium .
The species is an acid fast, gram positive bacteria that forms long chains. Though related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis , it does not cause tuberculosis.
