Mycolicibacillus koreensis

Mycolicibacillus koreensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacillus
Species:
M. koreensis
Binomial name
Mycolicibacillus koreensis
(Kim et al. 2012) Gupta et al. 2018
Type strain
01-305
DSM 45576
KCTC 19819
Synonyms
  • Mycobacterium koreense Kim et al. 2012

Mycolicibacillus koreensis (formerly Mycobacterium koreense) is a slow-growing, non-chromogenic species of Mycolicibacillus originally isolated from the sputum of a human patient. It grows at temperatures from 25 to 37 °C and is susceptible to quinolones. The genome of M. koreensis contains a tRNA array that contains a long non-coding RNA called GOLDD.