Mycobacterium cookii 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 Mycobacterium.

Mycobacterium cookii
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Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. cookii
Binomial name
Mycobacterium cookii
Kazda et al. 1990, ATCC 51304

Description

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Gram-positive, nonmotile and polymorphic acid-fast rods (0.8 μm x 1.4–1.9 μm). Forms clumps, but not cords or cross bands. Does not form spores, capsules and aerial hyphae.

Colony characteristics

  • Colonies are smooth and glistening with yellow-orange pigmentation (0.5–1.0 mm diameter, scotochromogenic).

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

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Type strain

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Strain NZ2 = ATCC 49103 = CIP 105396 = DSM 43922 = JCM 12404.

References

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  • Kazda et al. 1990. Mycobacterium cookii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.,40, 217–223.
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