| Mycobacterium terrae |
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Phylum Actinobacteria, Class Actinobacteria, Order Actinomycetales, Suborder Corynebacterineae, Family Mycobacteriaceae, Genus
Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966.
Old synonyms: "Mycobacterium novum", "Radish bacillus".
Member of the Mycobacterium terrae complex.
Mycobacterium, Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966.
Old synonyms: "Mycobacterium novum", "Radish bacillus".
Member of the Mycobacterium terrae complex.
Acid-alcohol-fast bacilli.
Colonies are nonchromogenic, pale buff to white. Visible growth from dilute inocula
occurs on Lowenstein-Jensen medium after 7 days or more. Grows at 22-37 ºC, but
not at 42 ºC. Growth time 10-21 days. No growth on 5% (w/v) NaCl. Variable growth on
MacConkey agar.
occurs on Lowenstein-Jensen medium after 7 days or more. Grows at 22-37 ºC, but
not at 42 ºC. Growth time 10-21 days. No growth on 5% (w/v) NaCl. Variable growth on
MacConkey agar.
Isolated from soil. water, bovine nasal swabs and from human gastric lavage and sputum specimens and considered mainly a
casual resident. One isolate from roach gills (Rutilus rutilus). Susceptible to ethambutol (2 µg/ml). Usually susceptible to
Streptomycin (2 µg/ml). Resistant to TCH (1 µg/ml), hydroxylamine (500 µg/ml), rifampin (25 μg/ml), and isoniazid (1 µg/ml).
casual resident. One isolate from roach gills (Rutilus rutilus). Susceptible to ethambutol (2 µg/ml). Usually susceptible to
Streptomycin (2 µg/ml). Resistant to TCH (1 µg/ml), hydroxylamine (500 µg/ml), rifampin (25 μg/ml), and isoniazid (1 µg/ml).
Does not produce local or systemic lesions after intradermal inoculation of 0.1 mg in guinea pigs.
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Bacteriology, Volume Five The Actinobacteria, Part A, Michael Goodfellow & al. (editors), 312-375. - Loredana Gabriela Popa, Mircea Ioan Popa 2009. Identificarea bacililor acido-rezistenti in: Tratat de microbiologie clinica, Dumitru
Buiuc, Marian Negut, ed. a III-a, Editura Medicala, 881-890, ISBN (13) 978-973-39-0593-6. - Wayne LG. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. III. Species within Group III. American Review of Respiratory
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freshwater fish from water reservoirs, ponds and farms. J. Fish Dis. 35:497–504. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2761.2012.01369.x. - Lee H, Lee SA, Lee IK, Yu HK, Park YG, Jeong J, Lee SH, Kim SR, Hyun JW, Kim K, et al. Mycobacterium paraterrae sp. nov.
recovered from a clinical specimen: novel chromogenic slow growing mycobacteria related to Mycobacterium terrae complex.
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Positive results for acid phosphatase, catalase (inactivated at 68 ºC), catalase (semi-quantitative), beta-galactosidase, neutral red test,
tellurite reduction (9 days), and Tween 80 hydrolysis.
Negative results for niacin production, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, and urea hydrolysis.
No utilization as sole carbon source of citrate, malate, pyruvate, benzoate, fumarate, glucose, fructose, sucrose ethanol, and propanol.
Variable results for arylsulfatase (10 days; negative in 3 days), alpha-esterase, nitrate reduction, and succinate utilization in the
presence of ammoniac nitrogen.
tellurite reduction (9 days), and Tween 80 hydrolysis.
Negative results for niacin production, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, and urea hydrolysis.
No utilization as sole carbon source of citrate, malate, pyruvate, benzoate, fumarate, glucose, fructose, sucrose ethanol, and propanol.
Variable results for arylsulfatase (10 days; negative in 3 days), alpha-esterase, nitrate reduction, and succinate utilization in the
presence of ammoniac nitrogen.
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