Mycobacterium triplex

Mycobacterium triplex
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinobacteria
Order: Actinomycetales
Suborder: Corynebacterineae
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Binomial name
Mycobacterium triplex
Floyd, et al. 1997[1]

Mycobacterium triplex is a species of Mycobacterium.[2]

It is closely related to Mycobacterium genavense.[3]

It causes disease in immunocompromised patients.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Genus Mycobacterium". LPSN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. ↑ Floyd, MM; Guthertz, LS; Silcox, VA; Duffey, PS; Jang, Y; Desmond, EP; Crawford, JT; Butler, WR (December 1996). "Characterization of an SAV organism and proposal of Mycobacterium triplex sp. nov". J. Clin. Microbiol. 34 (12): 2963–7. PMC 229442. PMID 8940431.
  3. ↑ Tortoli, E (2005). "Mycobacterium florentinum sp. nov., isolated from humans". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (3): 1101. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63485-0.
  4. ↑ Piersimoni C, Zitti P, Mazzarelli G, Mariottini A, Nista D, Zallocco D. Mycobacterium triplex pulmonary disease in immunocompetent host. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004 Oct.


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