Mycobacterium xenopi

Mycobacterium xenopi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. xenopi
Binomial name
Mycobacterium xenopi Schwabacher 1959, ATCC 19250

Mycobacterium xenopi is a slow-growing species of Mycobacterium. It was first reported by Schwabacher in 1959, having been isolated in lesions found on a Xenopus laevis, but the possibility of human infection was not confirmed until 1965.

It has low pathogenicity in humans, and where infections have been found they are closely associated with immunocompromised individuals.

Type strain: strain ATCC 19250 = CCUG 28011 = CCUG 31306 = CIP 104035 = DSM 43995 = NCTC 10042.

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