Mycobacterium gilvum

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Mycobacterium gilvum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. gilvum

Binomial name

Mycobacterium gilvum
Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971, ATCC 43909

Mycobacterium gilvum
Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.

1 Description
2 Pathogenesis
3 Type Strain
4 References

[edit] Description

Pleomorphic gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.

Physiology

Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25°C and 37°C, but not at 45°C, within 7 days.
Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.

Differential characteristics

5 species-specific antigens, demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.

[edit] Pathogenesis

Not assumed to be pathogenic
Biosafety level 1

[edit] Type Strain

First isolated from sputum and pleura fluid (London). Strain ATCC 43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.

[edit] References

Stanford,J., G. Gunthorpe. 1971. A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duvalii (new species). British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 52, 627-637.]