Mycobacterium murale
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| Mycobacterium murale Vuorio et al. 1999, DSM 44340 | |
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 amikacin, azithromycin, ciprofloxacin, clarithromycin and ethambutol.
- Resistant to isoniazid.
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. PMID 10028244
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