Mycobacterium interjectum

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Mycobacterium interjectum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species: M. interjectum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium interjectum
Springer et al. 1995, ATCC 51457

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Mycobacterium interjectum
Etymology: Phylogenetic position between (Latin: interjectum) rapidly and slowly-growing mycobacteria.

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.6-1.0µm x 0.7-2.0µm). Filaments (up to 6.0µm) possible.

Colony characteristics Dysgonic, smooth and scotochromogenic colonies (1-2mm in diameter).

Physiology

  • Slow growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at temperatures between 31°C and 37°C within 3-4 weeks.
  • Susceptible to rifampicin.
  • Resistant to isoniazid and ethambutol.

Differential characteristics

  • Most closely related to M. simiae.
  • Phylogenetic position between rapidly and slowly-growing mycobacteria.

Pathogenesis

Type Strain

Strain 4185/92 = ATCC 51457 = CCUG 37514 = DSM 44064

References

  • Springer et al. 1993. Mycobacterium interjectum, a new species isolated from a patient with chronic lymphadenitis. J. Clin. Microbiol., 31, 3083-3089.


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