''Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis'' (formerly ''Mycobacterium kumamotonense'') is a species of bacteria.
: kumamotonensis, pertaining to
Kumamoto Prefecture in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, where the type strain was isolated.
Description
*Slowly growing,
nonchromogenic.
Pathogenesis
Type strain
*First isolated in
Kumamoto Prefecture,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
from a clinical specimen.
References
External links
Type strain of ''M. kumamotonensis'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Acid-fast bacilli
kumamotonensis
Bacteria described in 2007
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