Mycolicibacter arupensis

Mycolicibacter arupensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacter
Species:
M. arupensis
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter arupensis
(Cloud et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2018
Type strain
AR30097
ATCC BAA-1242
DSM 44942
Synonyms
  • Mycobacterium arupense Cloud et al. 2006

Mycolicibacter arupensis (formerly Mycobacterium arupense) is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from soil and human sputum samples in Spain. Etymology: arupense, pertaining to the ARUP Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, where the type strain was characterized.