Mycolicibacter paraterrae

Mycolicibacter paraterrae
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycolicibacter
Species:
M. paraterrae
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter paraterrae
(Lee et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2018
Type strain
05-2522
DSM 45127
KCTC 19556
Synonyms
  • "Mycobacterium paraterrae" Lee et al. 2010
  • Mycobacterium paraterrae Lee et al. 2016

Mycolicibacter paraterrae (formerly Mycobacterium paraterrae) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota that was first isolated from the sputum of a patient with an unspecified pulmonary infection. It forms orange colonies when grown in the dark and grows slowly at 25–37 °C. It has also been isolated from