Mycolicibacterium alvei | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycolicibacterium |
Species: | M. alvei
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Binomial name | |
Mycolicibacterium alvei (Ausina et al. 1992) Gupta et al. 2018
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Type strain | |
CR-21 ATCC 51304 CIP 103464 DSM 44176 JCM 12272 | |
Synonyms | |
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Mycolicibacterium alvei 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 Mycolicibacterium.
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1–3 µm × 0.5–0.7 µm).
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain.