Mycolicibacter paraterrae

Mycolicibacter paraterrae (formerly Mycobacterium paraterrae^[3]) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota that was first isolated from the sputum of a patient with an unspecified pulmonary infection.^[1] It forms orange colonies when grown in the dark and grows slowly at 25–37 °C.^[5] It has also been isolated from

Mycolicibacter paraterrae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetes
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycolicibacter
Species:	M. paraterrae
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter paraterrae (Lee et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2][3]
Type strain[4]
05-2522 DSM 45127 KCTC 19556
Synonyms[3]
"Mycobacterium paraterrae" Lee et al. 2010 Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016