Mycobacterium chelonae
Encyclopedia
Mycobacterium chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium
, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infection
s of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.
Type strain
: strain CM 6388 = ATCC
35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.
Mycobacterium
Mycobacterium is a genus of Actinobacteria, given its own family, the Mycobacteriaceae. The genus includes pathogens known to cause serious diseases in mammals, including tuberculosis and leprosy...
, that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infection
Opportunistic infection
An opportunistic infection is an infection caused by pathogens, particularly opportunistic pathogens—those that take advantage of certain situations—such as bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoan infections that usually do not cause disease in a healthy host, one with a healthy immune system...
s of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.
Type strain
Biological type
In biology, a type is one particular specimen of an organism to which the scientific name of that organism is formally attached...
: strain CM 6388 = ATCC
American Type Culture Collection
The American Type Culture Collection is a private, not-for-profit biological resource center whose mission focuses on the acquisition, authentication, production, preservation, development and distribution of standard reference microorganisms, cell lines and other materials for research in the...
35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.