''Mycobacterium florentinum'' is a strain of bacteria found in humans that can cause infections and other disease conditions, and prolong sickness. It presents a high resistance to
antimycobacterial An antimycobacterial is a type of medication used to treat Mycobacteria infections.
Types include:
* Tuberculosis treatments
* Leprostatic agent A leprostatic agent is a drug that interferes with proliferation of the bacterium that causes leprosy.
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drugs. It is characterized by: slow growth and a short helix 18 in the
16S rDNA
16 S ribosomal RNA (or 16 S rRNA) is the RNA component of the 30S subunit of a prokaryotic ribosome (SSU rRNA). It binds to the Shine-Dalgarno sequence and provides most of the SSU structure.
The genes coding for it are referred to as 16S rRN ...
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Etymology
Etymology () The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the form of words ...
: florentinum, of the
Italian
Italian(s) may refer to:
* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
city of
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...
, where the majority of the strains were collected and investigated.
Type strain
First isolated and characterized in Florence, Italy. Strain FI-93171 = CCUG 50992 = CIP 108409 = DSM 44852
See also
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Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
The disease mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis, also known as scrofula and historically as king's evil, involves a lymphadenitis of the cervical lymph nodes associated with tuberculosis as well as nontuberculous (atypical) mycobacteria.
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References
*Tortoli et al.. 2005. Mycobacterium florentinum sp. nov., isolated from humans. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55, 1101–1106.
External links
Type strain of ''Mycobacterium florentinum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Acid-fast bacilli
florentinum
Bacteria described in 2005
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