Mycobacterium palustre is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from an environmental source in Finland. It is potentially pathogenic, and has been isolated from human and veterinary clinical specimens.
| Mycobacterium palustre | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. palustre
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium palustre Torkko et al. 2002,[1] ATCC BAA-377
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Type strain edit
- First isolated from water from a stream in Finland.
- Strain E846 = ATCC BAA-377 = DSM 44572.
References edit
- ^ Torkko, P; Suomalainen, S; Iivanainen, E; Tortoli, E; Suutari, M; Seppänen, J; Paulin, L; Katila, ML (2002). "Mycobacterium palustre sp. Nov., a potentially pathogenic, slowly growing mycobacterium isolated from clinical and veterinary specimens and from Finnish stream waters". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (Pt 5): 1519–25. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02089-0. PMID 12361253.
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