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.
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (1–3 μm × 0.5–0.7 μm).
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
First isolated from water samples, from soil and human sputum samples in Spain.