Mycobacterium mucogenicum

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Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. mucogenicum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium mucogenicum Springer et al. 1995, ATCC 49650

Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Etymology: mucogenicum, from the organism's highly mucoid appearance.

Contents 1 Description 2 Pathogenesis 3 Type Strain 4 References

[edit] Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile, curved and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

• Highly mucoid behavior of most strains on solid agar. Smooth and off-white on Middlebrook 7H10 agar

Physiology

• Rapid growth on Middlebrook 7H10 at 28°C to 37°C, but not at 42°C, within 2 - 4 days.
• Susceptible to amikacin, imipenem, cefoxitin, clarithromycin and ciprofloxacin.
• Resistant to isoniazid and rifampin.

[edit] Pathogenesis

• Posttraumatic skin infections,
• catheter sepsis and respiratory isolates without clinical significance except in immunocompromised hosts.
• Biosafety level 2

[edit] Type Strain

• First isolated in 1976 during an outbreak of peritonitis associated with automated peritoneal dialysis machines in the north-western United States.
• Strain ATCC 49650 = CCUG 47451 = CIP 105223 = DSM 44625 = JCM 13575.

[edit] References

• Springer et al. 1995. Phylogeny of the Mycobacterium chelonae-like organism based on partial sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene and proposal of Mycobacterium mucogenicum sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 45, 262-267.