Mycolicibacter hiberniae

Mycolicibacter hiberniae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacter
Species:
M. hiberniae
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter hiberniae
(Kazda et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
ATCC 49874
ATCC 9874
CIP 104537
DSM 44241
Hi 11
JCM 13571
Synonyms[2]
  • Mycobacterium hiberniae Kazda et al. 1993

Mycolicibacter hiberniae (formerly Mycobacterium hiberniae) is a species of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.[1]

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

Description

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

Colony characteristics

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

Physiology

Differential characteristics

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

Pathogenesis

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Type strain

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References

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  1. ^ a b Kazda J, Cooney R, Monaghan M, Quinn PJ, Stackebrandt E, Dorsch M, Daffe M, Muller K, Cook BR, Tarnok ZS. (1993). "Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 43 (2): 352–357. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-352. PMID 7684243.
  2. ^ a b Gupta, Radhey S.; Lo, Brian; Son, Jeen (2018-02-13). "Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 67. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 5819568. PMID 29497402.
  3. ^ Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Mycolicibacter hiberniae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 27, 2022.
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