Mycobacterium Nebraskense

Mycobacterium nebraskense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. nebraskense
Binomial name
	Mycobacterium nebraskense; Mohamed et al. 2004, ATCC BAA-837

Mycobacterium nebraskense is a slow growing, yellow, pigmented mycobacterium^[1] that was first isolated from human sputum at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Mycobacterium species are common causes of pulmonary infections in both humans and animals.

Mycobacterium nebraskense presenting as cavitary lung lesion

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Mohamed AM, Iwen PC, Tarantolo S, Hinrichs SH (November 2004). "Mycobacterium nebraskense sp. nov., a novel slowly growing scotochromogenic species". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 6): 2057–60. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63126-0. PMID 15545434.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

External links[edit | edit source]

Type strain of Mycobacterium nebraskense at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase Archived 2023-08-20 at the Wayback Machine

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[pmid15545434-1] Mohamed AM, Iwen PC, Tarantolo S, Hinrichs SH (November 2004). "Mycobacterium nebraskense sp. nov., a novel slowly growing scotochromogenic species". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 6): 2057–60. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63126-0. PMID 15545434.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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