Mycobacterium intracellulare | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinobacteria |
Order: | Actinomycetales |
Suborder: | Corynebacterineae |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. intracellulare |
Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium intracellulare Runyon 1965, ATCC 13950 |
Mycobacterium intracellulare is a species of the phylum actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
"Gram-positive", nonmotile and acid-fast short to long rods.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Strain ATCC 13950 = CCUG 28005 = CIP 104243 = DSM 43223 = JCM 6384 = NCTC 13025.