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Mycobacterium chimaera

Mycobacterium chimaera

Catalogue No.

NCTC 13781

Current Name

Mycobacterium chimaera

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

FI-01069

Biological and Genomic Info

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Additional Info

Accession Date

19/02/2016

Depositor

Collection de L'Institut Pasteur (CIP)

Isolated From

Sputum, 56 year old Female with bronchiectasis. Italy, 1999-2003

History

Accessioned into NCTC < CIP < E. Tortoli, Firenze, Italy < A. Nanetti

Applications

Extended Bibliography

TORTOLI (E.), RINDI (L.), GARCIA (M.J.), CHIARADONNA (P.), DEI (R.), GARZELLI (C.), KROPPENSTEDT (R.M.), LARI (N.), MATTEI (R.), MARIOTTINI (A.), MAZZARELLI (G.), MURCIA (M.I.), NANETTI (A.), PICCOLI (P.) and SCARPARO (C.), (2004), Proposal to elevate the genetic variant MAC-A, included in the Mycobacterium avium complex, to species rank as Mycobacterium chimaera sp. nov., Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 1277-1285, http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/4/1277

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)

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