Mycolicibacterium alvei explained

Mycolicibacterium alvei 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 Mycolicibacterium.

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1–3 μm × 0.5–0.7 μm).

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Pathogenesis

Type strain

First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain.

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