Rapidly growing Mycobacteria
Encyclopedia
Mycobacteria that form colonies clearly visible to the naked eye in less than 7 days on subculture are termed rapid growers.
Mycobacterium chelonei
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Mycobacterium peregrinum
List of rapidly growing Mycobacteria
Mycobacterium fortuitumMycobacterium chelonei
Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycobacterium abscessus
Mycobacterium mucogenicum
Mycobacterium peregrinum
Nonchromogenic
- Mycobacterium abcessus
- Mycobacterium agriMycobacterium agriMycobacterium agri-Description:Microscopy*Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods . Frequently join to grow in long threads.Colony characteristics*Rough, and nonphotochromogenic colonies.Physiology...
- Mycobacterium alveiMycobacterium alveiMycobacterium alvei-Description:Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods .Colony characteristics*Colonies are eugonic, rough and nonpigmented.Physiology...
- Mycobacterium arupenseMycobacterium arupenseMycobacterium arupense is a rapidly growing mycobacterium first isolated from soil and human sputum samples in Spain. Etymology: arupense, pertaining to the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, where the type strain was characterized....
- Mycobacterium fortuitumMycobacterium fortuitumMycobacterium fortuitum is a nontuberculous mycobacterium.-Background:Mycobacterium fortuitum is a fast-growing species that can cause infections. The term "fast growing" is a reference to a growth rate of 3 or 4 days, when compared to other Mycobacteria that may take weeks to grow out on...
Scotochromogenic
Yellow-Orange- Mycobacterium aichienseMycobacterium aichienseMycobacterium 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...