Mycobacterium hiberniae

Scientific classification
| Kingdom:  | Bacteria

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Phylum:  | Actinobacteria

Order:  | Actinomycetales

Suborder:  | Corynebacterineae

Family:  | Mycobacteriaceae

Genus:  | Mycobacterium

Species:  | M. hiberniae

Binomial name
Mycobacterium hiberniae
Kazda et al. 1993, ATCC 49874

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Mycobacterium hiberniae
Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

## Contents

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

## Description

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Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9µm x 1.2-1.5µm).

Colony characteristics

* Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5mm in diameter.

Physiology

* Slow growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 37°C (range: 22-37°C). No growth at 42°C.
* Resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin
* Sensitive to ethambutol.

Differential characteristics

* M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

## Pathogenesis

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* Not pathogenic
* Provokes a nonspecific skin hypersensitivity reaction to bovine tuberculin.
* Biosafety level 1

## Type Strain

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* First isolated from true moss, sphagnum and soil in Ireland

Strain Hi 11 = ATCC 49874 = CIP 104537 = DSM 44241 = JCM 13571.

## References

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* Kazda et al. 1993\. Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 43, 352-357.

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