Mycobacterium conspicuum

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Bacteria

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Phylum:  | Actinobacteria

Order:  | Actinomycetales

Suborder:  | Corynebacterineae

Family:  | Mycobacteriaceae

Genus:  | Mycobacterium

Species:  | M. conspicuum

Binomial name
Mycobacterium conspicuum
Springer et al. 1996, ATCC 700090

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Mycobacterium conspicuum

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Pathogenesis
* 3 Type Strain
* 4 References

## Description

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Gram-positive and nonmotile acid-fast coccobacilli. Does not form spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.

Colony characteristics

* Dysgonic and nonphotochromogenic, pale yellow colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen agar.

Physiology

* Slow growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at temperatures between 22°C and 31°C after 2-3 weeks.
* Susceptible to ethambutol, rifampin, streptomycin, resistant to pyrazinamide.
* Synthesis of α- and keto-mycolates and wax esters.
* no tolerance to 5% NaCl, positive for Tween 80 hydrolysis and for 10-day-arylsulfatase. Negative for production of nicotinic acid, acetamidase, benzamidase, urease, isonicotinamidase, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, succinidamidase, nitrate reductase and tellurite reduction.

## Pathogenesis

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Opportunistic pathogen, disseminated mycobacteriosis, Biosafety level 2\.

## Type Strain

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First isolated from two male HIV infected patients in Germany. Strain 3895/92 = ATCC 700090 = CIP 105165 = DSM 44136.

## References

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* Springer et al. 1996\. Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections. J. Clin. Microbiol., 33, 2805-2811.]

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