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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Mycobacterium chelonae''
| regnum = [[Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Actinobacteria]]
| ordo = [[Actinomycetales]]
| subordo = [[Corynebacterineae]]
| familia = [[Mycobacterium|Mycobacteriaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mycobacterium]]''
| species = '''''M. chelonae'''''
| binomial = ''Mycobacterium chelonae''
| binomial_authority = Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752
}}
{{SI}}
{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{RT}}


==Overview==
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]].
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a rapidly growing [[mycobacterium]], that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.
[[Biological type|Type strain]]: strain CM 6388 = [[American Type Culture Collection|ATCC]] 35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.
==References==
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[[Category:Acid fast bacilli]]
[[Category:Corynebacterineae]]
[[Category:Nontuberculous mycobacteria]]
{{WH}}
{{WS}}

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