Mycobacterium xenopi
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| Mycobacterium xenopi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
| Order: | Actinomycetales |
| Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. xenopi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium xenopi Schwabacher 1959, ATCC 19250 |
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Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing scotochromogenic species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher[1] in 1959, having been isolated in lesions found on a Xenopus laevis, but the possibility of human infection was not confirmed until 1965.
It has low pathogenicity in humans,[2] and where infections have been found they are closely associated with immunocompromised individuals.
Type strain: strain ATCC 19250 = CCUG 28011 = CCUG 31306 = CIP 104035 = DSM 43995 = NCTC 10042.
[edit] References
- ^ [SCHWABACHER (H.): A strain of Mycobacterium isolated from skin lesions of a cold blooded animal, Xenopus laevus, and its relation to atypical acid-fast bacilli occurring in man. Journal of Hygiene, 1959, 57, 57-67.]
- ^ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/223480-overview
- 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.
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