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Mycobacterium monacense

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Mycobacterium monacense
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. monacense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium monacense
Reischl et al. 2006, DSM 44395

Mycobacterium monacense is a yellow-pigmented, non-photochromogenic species of mycobacterium named after Monacum, the Latin name of the German city Munich where the first strain was isolated. It grows in less than a week on solid medium.

Phylogenetic analysis has shown that this strain is most closely related to Mycobacterium doricum.[1]

Description

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It is thought to be responsible for a severe, post-traumatic wound infection, reported in a healthy boy.[2]

Pathogenesis

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Type strain

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Strain B9-21-178 = CIP 109237 = DSM 44395.

References

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  1. ^ Reischl et al. 2006. Mycobacterium monacense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56, 2575-2578. PMID 17082393
  2. ^ Reischl et al. 2006. Mycobacterium monacense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56, 2575-2578. PMID 17082393
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