Mycobacterium asiaticum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
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M. asiaticum
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium asiaticum Weiszfeiler et al. 1971, ATCC 25276 |
Mycobacterium asiaticum is a slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacterium first isolated from monkeys in 1965. M. asiaticum can, but rarely, causes human pulmonary disease.
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Mycobacteria (including Nontuberculous)
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Slowly growing (R1P=photochromogenic; R2S=scotochromogenic; R3N=nonchromogenic) |
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Rapidly growing/ Runyon IV |
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Mycobacterium asiaticum |
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