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Mycobacterium aichiense

Mycobacterium aichiense

Catalogue No.

NCTC 10820

Current Name

Mycobacterium aichiense

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

5545

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Lowenstein-Jensen slopes, 48-96 hours, 37°C, O₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Fermentation

Mannitol: +

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Reduction

Nitric acid: weak

Enzyme Tests

Catalase: +

Gelatinase: -

Phenylalanone aminotransferase: -

Strain Data

(ATCC 27280) Type strain / M. Tsukamura, Obu, Chita, Aichi-ken, Japan in 1971 / Soil / Tsukamura, M. (1973) Med. & Biol. 86, 13

Colony Appearance

Smooth, Shiny

Additional Info

Accession Date

01/01/1971

Depositor

TSUKAMURA M

Isolated From

soil

History

ISOLATED BY TSUKAMURA M, CHUBU CHEST HOSP, OBU, AICHI-KEN PRE:FR

Previous Catalogue Name

Mycobacterium aichiense

Applications

Bibliography

TSUKAMURA M 1973 MED & BIOL 86 13

Extended Bibliography

TSUKAMURA (M.), MIZUNO (S.) and TSUKAMURA (S.), (1981), Numerical analysis of rapidly growing, scotochromogenic mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium obuense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium aichiense sp. nov., nom. rev., Mycobacterium chubuense sp. nov., nom. rev., and Mycobacterium tokaiense sp. nov., nom. rev., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 263-275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-31-3-263

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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