Mycobacterium duvalii

Mycobacterium duvalii

Description
Gram-positive, nonmotile and pleomorphic acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics
 * Bright yellow pigmented, scotochromogenic and rough or smooth colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen medium.

Physiology
 * Fast growth on [Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 25°C and 37°C within 7 days. No growth at 45°C.
 * Resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and sodium aminosalicylate.

Differential characteristics
 * Characterised by the possession of 6 species-specific antigens demonstrable in immunodiffusion tests.

Pathogenicity.

Pathogenesis
Not pathogenic, but evidence insufficient. Biosafety level 1.

Type Strain
First isolated from cases of human leprosy by C. W. Duval. Strain ATCC 43910 = CCUG 41352 = CIP 104539 = DSM 44244 = JCM 6396 = NCTC 358.