Mycobacteroides chelonae
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| Mycobacterium chelonae Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752
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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.
Epidemiology
On average, 2 cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year.[2]
References
- ^ Mycobacterium Chelonae at eMedicine
- ^ Ivan, Mihaela; Dancer, Craig; Koehler, Ann P.; Hobby, Michaela; Lease, Chris (2013). "Mycobacterium chelonae Abscesses Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 19 (9). doi:10.3201/eid1909.120898.
Further reading
- Skerman, V. B. D.; McGowan, V.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30: 225. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
- Bergey, D.H.; Harrison, F.C.; Breed, R.S.; Hammer, B.W.; Huntoon, F.M., eds. (1923). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (1st ed.). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1–442.
- Hill, L. R.; Skerman, V. B. D.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1984). "Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: Edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (4): 508. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-508.
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