Mycobacterium simiae

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Mycobacterium simiae

| authority = Karassova et al. 1965 (Approved Lists 1980)

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Mycobacterium simiae is a species of Mycobacterium.{{cite journal | pmc = 2238134 | pmid=18057130 | doi=10.1128/JCM.01186-07 | volume=46 | issue=2 | title=Molecular characterization of a novel fastidious mycobacterium causing lepromatous lesions of the skin, subcutis, cornea, and conjunctiva of cats living in Victoria, Australia. | date=Feb 2008 | journal=J Clin Microbiol | pages=618–26}} As per Runyon's classification it is classified as a photochromogen as it produces pigments only when exposed to light.