Mycobacterium houstonense | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: |
M. houstonense
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium houstonense Schinsky et al., 2004 | |
Type strain | |
ATCC 49403 |
Mycobacterium houstonense is a member of the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex. The specific epithet houstonense refers to Houston, Texas, where the first isolate of the M. fortuitum third biovariant (sorbitol-positive) was identified.[1]
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 houstonense |
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