| Mycobacterium gilvum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. gilvum
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium gilvum Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971, ATCC 43909
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Mycobacterium gilvum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.
Description
[edit]Pleomorphic gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
- Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.
- 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.
Pathogenesis
[edit]- Not assumed to be pathogenic.
- Biosafety level 1
Type strain
[edit]First isolated from sputum and pleura fluid (London). Strain ATCC 43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.
References
[edit]- Stanford, JL; Gunthorpe, WJ (December 1971). "A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duv alii (new species)". Br J Exp Pathol. 52: 627–37. PMC 2072389. PMID 5002706.
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