Species/Subspecies: | Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium | ||||||||
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Category: | Zoonotic | ||||||||
Etymology: | Genus name: small fungus-like rod. Species epithet: of birds. Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet. | ||||||||
Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||
Taxonomy: | Class Actinomycetia Order Mycobacteriales Family Mycobacteriaceae Genus Mycobacterium |
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Type Strain: | ATCC 25291 = NCTC 13034. | ||||||||
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Micromorphology: | Acid-fast rods | ||||||||
Gram +/Gram -: | G+ (but difficult to gram stain) | ||||||||
Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||
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Spec. Char.: | M. avium subsp. avium is a slow grower (it takes more than 7 days to see colonies with the naked eye). | ||||||||
Disease: | Avian tuberculosis |
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Hosts: | Birds | ||||||||
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Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 175 species have been described within genus Mycobacterium and this genus is closely related to Rhodococcus, Nocardia and Corynebacterium. M. avium subsp. avium is, as the name implies, very closely related to M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. | ||||||||
Updated: | 2023-03-02 |
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