Mycobacterium florentinum
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 drugs. It is characterized by: slow growth and a short helix 18 in the 16S rDNA.
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| Species: | M. florentinum |
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| Mycobacterium florentinum Tortoli et al. 2005, DSM 44852 | |
Etymology: florentinum, of the Italian city of Florence, 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
References
- Tortoli et al.. 2005. Mycobacterium florentinum sp. nov., isolated from humans. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55, 1101–1106. PMID 15879240
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