Mycobacterium duvalii

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Bacteria

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Phylum:  | Actinobacteria

Order:  | Actinomycetales

Suborder:  | Corynebacterineae

Family:  | Mycobacteriaceae

Genus:  | Mycobacterium

Species:  | M. duvalii

Binomial name
Mycobacterium duvalii
Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971, ATCC 51304

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Mycobacterium duvalii

## Contents

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

## Description

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Gram-positive, nonmotile and pleomorphic acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

* Bright yellow pigmented, scotochromogenic and rough or smooth colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen medium.

Physiology

* Fast growth on [Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25°C and 37°C within 7 days. No growth at 45°C.
* Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.

Differential characteristics

* Characterised by the possession of 6 species-specific antigens demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.

Pathogenicity.

## Pathogenesis

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Not pathogenic, but evidence insufficient. Biosafety level 1\.

## Type Strain

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First isolated from cases of human leprosy by C. W. Duval. Strain ATCC 43910 = CCUG 41352 = CIP 104539 = DSM 44244 = JCM 6396 = NCTC 358.

## References

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* Stanford, J. et al. 1971\. A study of some fast-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria including species descriptions of Mycobacterium gilvum (new species) and Mycobacterium duvalii (new species). British Journal of Experimental Pathology, 52, 627-637.]

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