Mycobacterium gilvum Stanford & Gunthorpe, 1971
- Dataset
- English Wikipedia - Species Pages
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- phylum
- Actinomycetota
- class
- Actinomycetia
- order
- Mycobacteriales
- family
- Mycobacteriaceae
- genus
- Mycobacterium
- species
- Mycobacterium gilvum
Abstract
Mycobacterium gilvum is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium. Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.
Description
Pleomorphic gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods. Colony characteristics
Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.
Physiology
Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25 °C and 37 °C, but not at 45 °C, within 7 days. Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.
Differential characteristics
5 species-specific antigens, demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.
Pale yellow, Scotochromogenic, and smooth pleomorphic colonies.
Physiology
Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25 °C and 37 °C, but not at 45 °C, within 7 days. Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.
Differential characteristics
5 species-specific antigens, demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.
Pathogenesis
Not assumed to be pathogenic. Biosafety level 1
Type strain
First isolated from sputum and pleura fluid (London). Strain ATCC 43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.