Mycobacterium kumamotonense

Mycobacterium kumamotonense

Etymology: kumamotonense, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.

Description

 * Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.

Type Strain
Strain CST 7247 = CCUG 51961 = JCM 13453
 * First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.