''Mycolicibacterium aurum'' is a species of the phylum

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(

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with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus ''

Mycolicibacterium ''Mycolicibacterium'' is a genus of Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria in the family ''Mycobacteriaceae'' from the order Mycobacteriales. Members of ''Mycolicibacterium'' were demarcated from the larger genus ''Mycobacterium'' in 2018 by Gupta e ...

''. The species is an

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that forms long chains. Though related to ''

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'', it does not cause

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References

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". ''International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology''. 1980, 30, 225–420. TSUKAMURA (M.): "Adansonian classification of mycobacteria". ''Journal of General Microbiology'', 1966, 45, 253–273.

External links

Type strain of ''Mycobacterium aurum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Acid-fast bacilli aurum Bacteria described in 1966 {{Mycobacterium-stub