| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus | Species/Subspecies |
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| Species/Subspecies: | Mycobacterium tuberculosis subsp. (tuberculosis) | ||||||||||
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| Etymology: | Genus name: small fungus-like rod. Species epithet: of tuberculosis. (Subspecies epithet: see Species epithet.) | ||||||||||
| Significance: | [Very important] | ||||||||||
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| Type Strain: | H37Rv = ATCC 27294. | ||||||||||
| Macromorphology (smell): | |||||||||||
| Micromorphology: | Acid-fast rods (0.4 x 3.0 µm) | ||||||||||
| Gram +/Gram -: | G+ | ||||||||||
| Metabolism: | Aerobic | ||||||||||
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| Hosts: | Different animal species (inkluding humans) | ||||||||||
| Disease (Swedish): | Human tuberkulos, som är en zoonos. | ||||||||||
| Disease (English): | Human tuberculosis, which is a zoonosis. | ||||||||||
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| Virulence Factors: | Produce mycobactin, which is a so-called siderophore. | ||||||||||
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| Legislation: | Tuberculosis is notifyable in Sweden and is regulated by the law of epizootic diseases. M. tuberculosis belongs to category C as a potential bioterrorism agent according to NIAID. | ||||||||||
| Comment: | It has recently been reported that mycobacteria can form endospores (see references under M. marinum). | ||||||||||
| Link(s): | Epiwebb - om epizootisjukdomar |
