Mycolicibacter hiberniae

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| taxon = Mycolicibacter hiberniae

| authority = (Kazda et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018{{cite journal | vauthors = Kazda J, Cooney R, Monaghan M, Quinn PJ, Stackebrandt E, Dorsch M, Daffe M, Muller K, Cook BR, ((Tarnok ZS.)) | title = Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov. | journal = Int J Syst Bacteriol | year = 1993 | volume = 43 | issue = 2 | pages = 352–357 | doi = 10.1099/00207713-43-2-352 | pmid = 7684243| doi-access = free }}{{Cite journal|last1=Gupta|first1=Radhey S.|last2=Lo|first2=Brian|last3=Son|first3=Jeen|date=2018-02-13|title=Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera|journal=Frontiers in Microbiology|volume=9|pages=67|doi=10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067|issn=1664-302X|pmc=5819568|pmid=29497402|doi-access=free}}

| type_strain = ATCC 49874
ATCC 9874
CIP 104537
DSM 44241
Hi 11
JCM 13571

| type_strain_ref = {{cite web|vauthors=Euzéby JP, Parte AC |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/mycolicibacter-hiberniae |title=Mycolicibacter hiberniae |access-date=June 27, 2022 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}

| synonyms = * Mycobacterium hiberniae Kazda et al. 1993

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Mycolicibacter hiberniae (formerly Mycobacterium hiberniae) is a species of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.

Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 μm × 1.2–1.5 μm).

Colony characteristics

  • Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5 mm in diameter.

Physiology

Differential characteristics

  • M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

Pathogenesis

Type strain

References

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