Mycolicibacterium aurum

Mycolicibacterium aurum 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 Mycolicibacterium.

Mycolicibacterium aurum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycolicibacterium
Species:	M. aurum
Binomial name
Mycolicibacterium aurum (Tsukamura 1966) Gupta et al. 2018
Type strain
ATCC 23366 CCUG 37666 CIP 104465 DSM 43999 HAMBI 2275 JCM 6366 LMG 19255 NCTC 10437 NRRL B-4037
Synonyms
Mycobacterium aurum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

The species is an acid fast, gram positive bacteria that forms long chains. Though related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, it does not cause tuberculosis.

References

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1980, 30, 225–420.

TSUKAMURA (M.): "Adansonian classification of mycobacteria". Journal of General Microbiology, 1966, 45, 253–273. PMID 4961417

External links

• Type strain of Mycobacterium aurum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase