Mycobacterium flavescens 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 flavescens | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. flavescens
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium flavescens Bojalil et al. 1962, ATCC 14474
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Its name is derived from the Latin word "flavescens", which means "becoming golden yellow."
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Not associated with disease. Biosafety level 2.
Strain ATCC 14474 = CCUG 29041 = CIP 104533 = DSM 43991 = JCM 12274 = NCTC 10271 = NRRL B-4038.