| Species/Subspecies: | Mycobacterium leprae | ||||||||
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| Category: | Primarily of interest in human medicin | ||||||||
| Etymology: | Genus name: small fungus-like rod. Species epithet: of leprosy. | ||||||||
| Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||
| Taxonomy: | Class Actinomycetia Order Mycobacteriales Family Mycobacteriaceae Genus Mycobacterium |
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| Type Strain: | Ej definierad. | ||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Acid-fast rods | ||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ (but difficult to gram stain) | ||||||||
| Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||
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| Spec. Char.: | Even if M. leprae cannot be cultivated, it is regardes as a slow grower. | ||||||||
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| Disease: | Leprosy |
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| Hosts: | Humans | ||||||||
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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About 175 species have been described within genus Mycobacterium and this genus is closely related to Rhodococcus, Nocardia and Corynebacterium. | ||||||||
| Comment: | There is no type strain defined, because M. leprae cannot be cultivated on artificial media. | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2023-03-02 |