Mycobacterium madagascariense
Etymology: madagascariense, relating to Madagascar where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

  • Smooth and glistening colonies with yellow or orange pigmentation (1-2mm in diameter).

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain P2 = ATCC 49865 = CIP 104538 = JCM 13574.

References

  • Kazda et al. 1992. Mycobacterium madagascariense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 42, 524–528.


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