Mycolicibacterium alvei

Mycolicibacterium alvei 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 Mycolicibacterium.

Mycolicibacterium alvei
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacterium
Species:
M. alvei
Binomial name
Mycolicibacterium alvei
(Ausina et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018[1]
Type strain
CR-21
ATCC 51304
CIP 103464
DSM 44176
JCM 12272
Synonyms
  • Mycobacterium alvei Ausina et al. 1992[2]

Description

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Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1–3 μm × 0.5–0.7 μm).

Colony characteristics

  • Colonies are eugonic, rough and nonpigmented.

Physiology

Differential characteristics

  • Differentiation from all other mycobacterial species by its unusual mycolate pattern.

Pathogenesis

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Type strain

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First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ausina V, Luquin M, Garcia Barcelo M, Laneelle MA, Levy-Frebault V, Belda F, Prats G. (1992). "Mycobacterium alvei sp. nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42: 529–535. doi:10.1099/00207713-42-4-529. PMID 1390105.
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