Description

• Eugonic, smooth, glistening and yellow-beige pigmented colonies. On Middlebrook 7H10 agar
  Middlebrook 7H10 Agar
  Middlebrook 7H10 Agar is a solid growth medium specially used for culture of Mycobacterium, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It has been reported that the 7H10 medium tends to grow fewer contaminants than the egg-based media commonly used for the cultivation of mycobacteria.- Composition :*...
  
   0.5-2mm in diameter with entire margins.

• Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen media and Middlebrook 7H10 agar
  Middlebrook 7H10 Agar
  Middlebrook 7H10 Agar is a solid growth medium specially used for culture of Mycobacterium, notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It has been reported that the 7H10 medium tends to grow fewer contaminants than the egg-based media commonly used for the cultivation of mycobacteria.- Composition :*...
  
   at temperatures between 22°C-37°C in less than 7 days.
• Optimal growth at 31°C, no growth at 45°C.

• Uniqueness of species supported by antigenic analysis (immunodiffusion
  Immunodiffusion
  Immunodiffusion is a diagnostic test which involves diffusion through a substance such as agar.Two commonly known forms are Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion and radial immunodiffusion....
  
  ) and specific lipid
  Lipid
  Lipids constitute a broad group of naturally occurring molecules that include fats, waxes, sterols, fat-soluble vitamins , monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides, phospholipids, and others...
  
   patterns.
• A numerical taxonomy
  Taxonomy
  Taxonomy is the science of identifying and naming species, and arranging them into a classification. The field of taxonomy, sometimes referred to as "biological taxonomy", revolves around the description and use of taxonomic units, known as taxa...
  
   comparison showed close relationship to Mycobacterium aichiense
  Mycobacterium aichiense
  Mycobacterium aichiense is a yellow-orange scotochromogenic, rapidly growing mycobacterium first isolated from soil and human sputum in Japan. It has not been formally associated with disease in humans.-Description:Microscopy...
  
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Type strain

• First isolated from intact sphagnum vegetation in the Komosse sphagnum bog in southern Sweden and Atlantic coastal area of Norway.