Mycobacterium hiberniae

Mycobacterium hiberniae is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.

Mycobacterium hiberniae
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M. hiberniae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium hiberniae
Kazda et al. 1993, ATCC 49874

Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 µm x 1.2-1.5 µm).

Colony characteristics

  • Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5 mm in diameter.

Physiology

Differential characteristics

  • M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

Pathogenesis

Type strain

Strain Hi 11 = ATCC 49874 = CIP 104537 = DSM 44241 = JCM 13571.

References

    • Kazda et al. 1993. Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 43, 352-357.


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