Mycobacterium gordonae

Mycobacterium gordonae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Actinobacteria Order: Actinomycetales Suborder: Corynebacterineae Family: Mycobacteriaceae Genus: Mycobacterium Species: M. gordonae
Binomial name
Mycobacterium gordonae Bojalil et al. 1962, ATCC 14470

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Mycobacterium gordonae

Description

Gram-positive, nonmotile and moderate to long acid-fast rods.

• Commonly found in tap water and soil. Casual resident in human sputum and gastric lavage specimens.

Colony characteristics

• Smooth, with yellow or orange scotochromogenic colonies. Even though they are scotochromogenic pigment is intensified by growing in continuous light.

Physiology

• Growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar within 7 or more days at 37°C (optimal 25°C).
• Does not grow in the presence of ethambutol (1mg/l), isoniazid (10mg/l) and sodium chloride (5%).

Differential characteristics

• A commercial hybridisation assay (AccuProbe) to identify M. gordonae exists.
• Intraspecies variability in 16S rDNA sequences

Pathogenesis

• Rarely if ever implicated in disease processes unless patients are immunocompromised.
• Biosafety level 1

Type Strain

Strain ATCC 14470 = CCUG 21801 = CCUG 21811 = CIP 104529 = DSM 44160 = JCM 6382 = NCTC 10267.

Treatment

Antimicrobial regimen

• Preferred regimen: Ethambutol OR Rifabutin OR Clarithromycin OR Linezolid OR Fluoroquinolones

References

• Bojalil et al. 1962. Adansonian classification of mycobacteria. Journal of General Microbiology, 28, 333-346.

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