Mycobacterium fallax Totally Explained

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Mycobacterium fallax

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.5 – 1µm long) except for a small number (less than 20%) of cyanophil forms. Colony characteristics

Large, eugonic, buff coloured and rough colonies (Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 30°C).
Cauliflower-like morphology, resembling M. tuberculosis colonies. Cord formation at the edges of colonies (Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 30°C).

Physiology

Rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen or Middlebrook 7H10 media.

Susceptible to ethambutol, rifampin and kanamycin.

Resistant to isoniazid, pyrazinamide and streptomycin. Differential characteristics

Similarities to M. tuberculosis include colony morphology, thermolabile catalase, positive nitrate reductase; differences are negative reactions for niacin production and rapid growth at 30°C.

Pathogenesis

Not known. Biosafety level 1.

Type Strain

Isolated from environmental sources in France and the former Czechoslovakia. Strain ATCC 35219 = CCUG 37584 = CIP 81.39 = DSM 44179 = JCM 6405.Further Information

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