Biology:Slowly growing Mycobacteria
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Mycobacteria that form colonies clearly visible to the naked eye in more than 7 days on subculture are termed slow growers.
They can cause disease in humans.[1]
List of slowly growing Mycobacteria
Nonchromogenic
Rough
- Mycobacterium africanum
- Mycobacterium bovis
- Mycobacterium leprae
- Mycobacterium lacus
- Mycobacterium lepraemurium
- Mycobacterium microti
- Mycobacterium pinnipedii
- Mycobacterium shottsii
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Smooth
- Mycobacterium branderi
- Mycobacterium heidelbergense
- Mycobacterium intracellulare
- Mycobacterium malmoense
Smooth to rough
- Mycobacterium gastri
- Mycobacterium haemophilum
Small and Transparent
- Mycobacterium avium avium
- Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
- Mycobacterium avium silvaticum
- Mycobacterium genavense
- Mycobacterium montefiorense
- Mycobacterium ulcerans
Photochromogenic
- Mycobacterium intermedium
Yellow and smooth
- Mycobacterium asiaticum
- Mycobacterium marinum
Yellow and rough
- Mycobacterium kansasii
Scotochromogenic
Yellow
- Mycobacterium conspicuum
- Mycobacterium botniense
- Mycobacterium farcinogenes
- Mycobacterium heckeshornense
- Mycobacterium interjectum
- Mycobacterium kubicae
- Mycobacterium lentiflavum
- Mycobacterium nebraskense
- Mycobacterium nebraskense
- Mycobacterium palustre
- Mycobacterium tusciae
Yellow-Orange
- Mycobacterium cookii
- Mycobacterium flavescens
- Mycobacterium gordonae
Rose-Pink
- Mycobacterium hiberniae
References
- ↑ Sniezek, Patrick J.; Graham, Brad S.; Busch, Heidi Byers; Lederman, Edith R.; Lim, Matthew L.; Poggemyer, Kimberly; Kao, Annie; Mizrahi, Moise et al. (May 2003). "Rapidly growing mycobacterial infections after pedicures". Arch Dermatol 139 (5): 629–34. doi:10.1001/archderm.139.5.629. PMID 12756100.
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