Mycobacterium gadium
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| Mycobacterium gadium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. gadium |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium gadium Casal and Calero 1974, ATCC 27726 | |
Mycobacterium gadium 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.
Short gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
- Yellow-orange, scotochromogenic colonies, but the pigmentation deepens with exposure to light. Older cultures are more dry and rough.
Physiology
- Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 28 °C and 37 °C, but not at 45 °C.
Pathogenesis
- Pathogenicity in humans is not known. Production of a local regressing infection but no death in mice.
- Biosafety level 1
