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'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]].
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]]. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans.

'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a rapidly growing [[mycobacterium]], that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans.


It is grouped in Runyon group IV.<ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview</ref>
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.<ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview</ref>

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Mycobacterium chelonae
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M. chelonae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium chelonae
Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752

Mycobacterium chelonae is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus mycobacterium. Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infections of humans.

It is grouped in Runyon group IV.[1]

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.]