Mycobacteroides chelonae

Mycobacteroides chelonae (formerly Mycobacterium chelonae) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota belonging to the genus Mycobacteroides. Mycobacteroides chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is found all throughout the environment, including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infections of humans. It is grouped in Runyon group IV.

Mycobacteroides chelonae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacteroides
Species:
M. chelonae
Binomial name
Mycobacteroides chelonae
(Bergey et al. 1923) Gupta et al. 2018
Type strain
ATCC 35752
CCUG 47445
CIP 104535
CM 6388
DSM 43804
JCM 6388
NCTC 946
Synonyms
  • Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
  • Mycobacterium chelonei Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

The complete genome sequence of the M. chelonae CCUG 47445 type strain was deposited and published in DNA Data Bank of Japan, European Nucleotide Archive, and GenBank in 2016 under the accession number CP007220.

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