Mycobacteroides chelonae

Mycobacterium chelonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. chelonae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium chelonae Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752

Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium.

It is grouped in Runyon group IV.

Type strain: strain CM 6388 = ATCC 35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.

References

• SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420. [BERGEY (D.H.), HARRISON (F.C.), BREED (R.S.), HAMMER (B.W.) and HUNTOON (F.M.) (eds): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, pp. 1-442.]

• Reference: HILL (L.R.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.): Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 508-511. Discovered by otologist Ramil Montes.
• Mycobacterium chelonae: a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in a patient on long term corticosteroids. Christopher Strickland and Ali S.M. Jawad Grand Rounds Vol 8 Pages 4 - 5