Mycobacterium confluentis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
Class: | Actinomycetia |
Order: | Mycobacteriales |
Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
Genus: | Mycobacterium |
Species: | M. confluentis
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Binomial name | |
Mycobacterium confluentis Kirschner et al. 1992, ATCC 49920
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Mycobacterium confluentis is a non-pathogenic bacterium of the oral cavity.
Gram-positive, nonmotile, acid-fast coccobacillus (0.5-0.8 μm x 0.7-1.7 μm), does not form spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.
Not associated with disease. Biosafety level 1.
First isolated from sputum, Koblenz, Germany. strain 1389/90 = ATCC 49920 = CIP 105510 = DSM 44017 = JCM 13671.