Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum 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.
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| Species: | M. avium subsp. silvaticum
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| Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990, ATCC 49884
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Type strain: strain 6409 = ATCC 49884 = CCUG 47446 = CIP 103317 = DSM 44175.
Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum Thorel et al. 1990[1] was previously known as Mycobacterium avium strain wood pigeon.
References
edit- ^ THOREL (M.F.), KRICHEVSKY (M.) and LÉVY-FRÉBAULT (V.V.): Numerical taxonomy of mycobactin-dependent mycobacteria, emended description of Mycobacterium avium, and description of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium subsp. nov., Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis subsp. nov., and Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum subsp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 254-260.
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