Mycobacterium duvalii 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 Mycobacterium.
Mycobacterium duvalii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. duvalii
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium duvalii Stanford and Gunthorpe 1971, ATCC 51304
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Gram-positive, nonmotile and pleomorphic acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Pathogenicity.
Not pathogenic, but evidence insufficient. Biosafety level 1.
First isolated from cases of human leprosy by C. W. Duval. Strain ATCC 43910 = CCUG 41352 = CIP 104539 = DSM 44244 = JCM 6396 = NCTC 358.