Mycobacterium gadium

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Bacteria

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Phylum:  | Actinobacteria

Order:  | Actinomycetales

Suborder:  | Corynebacterineae

Family:  | Mycobacteriaceae

Genus:  | Mycobacterium

Species:  | M. gadium

Binomial name
Mycobacterium gadium
Casal and Calero 1974, ATCC 27726

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Mycobacterium gadium

## Contents

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

## Description

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Short gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

* Yellow-orange, scotochromogenic colonies, but the pigmentation deepens with exposure to light. Older cultures are more dry and rough.

Physiology

* Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 28°C and 37°C, but not at 45°C.

## Pathogenesis

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* Pathogenicity in humans is not known. Production of a local regressing infection but no death in mice.
* Biosafety level 1

## Type Strain

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First isolated from known tuberculous patient from Cadiz, Spain. Strain ATCC 27726 = CCUG 37515 = CIP 105388 = DSM 44077 = HAMBI 2274 = JCM 12688 = NCTC 10942.

## References

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* Casal,M., and J. Calero. 1974\. Mycobacterium gadium sp. nov. A new species of rapid-growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria. Tubercle, 55, 299-308.]

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