Mycobacterium fallax
| Mycobacterium fallax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. fallax |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium fallax Lévy-Frébault, V. et al. 1983, ATCC 35219 | |
Mycobacterium fallax is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.5 – 1 μm long) except for a small number (less than 20%) of cyanophil forms.
Colony characteristics
- Large, eugonic, buff coloured and rough colonies (Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 30 °C).
- Cauliflower-like morphology, resembling M. tuberculosis colonies. Cord formation at the edges of colonies (Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 30 °C).
Physiology
- Rapid growth at 30 °C, but not at 37 °C, on Löwenstein-Jensen or Middlebrook 7H10 media.
- Susceptible to ethambutol, rifampin and kanamycin.
- Resistant to isoniazid, pyrazinamide and streptomycin.
Differential characteristics
- Similarities to M. tuberculosis include colony morphology, thermolabile catalase, positive nitrate reductase; differences are negative reactions for niacin production and rapid growth at 30 °C.
Pathogenesis
- Not known. Biosafety level 1.
Type strain
- Isolated from environmental sources in France and the former Czechoslovakia. Strain ATCC 35219 = CCUG 37584 = CIP 81.39 = DSM 44179 = JCM 6405.
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