Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis

Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis (formerly Mycobacterium kumamotonense) is a species of bacteria.^[1]
Etymology: kumamotonensis, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.

Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycolicibacter
Species:	M. kumamotonensis
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis (Masaki et al. 2007) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
CCUG 51961 CST 7247 CST7274 DSM 45093 GTC 2729 JCM 13453
Synonyms[2]
Mycobacterium kumamotonense Masaki et al. 2007

Description

• Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.

Pathogenesis

Type strain

• First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.^[1]