''Mycobacterium murale''

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods or coccobacilli (0.4-0.5 μm x 0.6-1.4 μm). Colony characteristics Smooth and scotochromogenic colonies of saffron yellow color. Physiology *Growth on Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 10-37 °C, optimum at 30 °C within 5 days. *Susceptible to

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. *Resistant to

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. Differential characteristics *''Mycobacterium murale'' and '' Mycobacterium tokaiense'' share an identical 5'-16S rDNA sequence *However the ITS sequence of both species differs.

Pathogenesis

*Not known.

Type strain

*First isolated from water-damaged indoor building material, Finland. Strain MA112/96 = CCUG 39728 = CIP 105980 = DSM 44340 = HAMBI 2320 = JCM 13392.

References

*Vuorio et al. 1999. A new rapidly growing mycobacterial species, Mycobacterium murale sp. nov., isolated from the indoor walls of a children's day care centre. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 25–35.

External links

Type strain of ''Mycobacterium murale'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Acid-fast bacilli murale Bacteria described in 1999 {{Mycobacterium-stub