Mycobacterium florentinum

Mycobacterium florentinum is a strain of bacteria found in humans that can cause infections and other disease conditions, and prolong sickness. It presents a high resistance to antimycobacterial drugs. It is characterized by: slow growth and a short helix 18 in the 16S rDNA.

Mycobacterium florentinum
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. florentinum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium florentinum
Tortoli et al. 2005, DSM 44852

Etymology: florentinum, of the Italian city of Florence, where the majority of the strains were collected and investigated.

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