Mycolicibacter hiberniae

Mycolicibacter hiberniae (formerly Mycobacterium hiberniae) is a species of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.[1]

Mycolicibacter hiberniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacter
Species:
M. hiberniae
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter hiberniae
(Kazda et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
ATCC 49874
ATCC 9874
CIP 104537
DSM 44241
Hi 11
JCM 13571
Synonyms[2]
  • Mycobacterium hiberniae Kazda et al. 1993

Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 µm × 1.2–1.5 µm).

Colony characteristics

  • Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5 mm in diameter.

Physiology

Differential characteristics

  • M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

Pathogenesis

Type strain

References

  1. Kazda J, Cooney R, Monaghan M, Quinn PJ, Stackebrandt E, Dorsch M, Daffe M, Muller K, Cook BR, Tarnok ZS. (1993). "Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 43 (2): 352–357. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-352. PMID 7684243.
  2. Gupta, Radhey S.; Lo, Brian; Son, Jeen (2018-02-13). "Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 67. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 5819568. PMID 29497402.
  3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Mycolicibacter hiberniae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 27, 2022.


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