Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum (DSM 43075, IMRU 681, M 18)

Name: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum (DSM 43075, IMRU 681, M 18)
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BacDive ID 8248

Type strain

Strain Designation M 18

Culture col. no. DSM 43075 IMRU 681 M 18

NCBI tax ID(s) 1766

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- R. E. Gordon, Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers State University (IMRU), New Brunswick, N. J., USA; IMRU 681 <- E.N. Azarowicz; M 18

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Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum M 18 is a human pathogen of the family Mycobacteriaceae.

human pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50141

DSM 43075

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:39

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum

Full scientific name Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum (da Costa Cruz 1938) Tsukamura et al. 1986

Synonyms (1)

Mycolicibacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum** (8)	Type strain
8259	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum Cruz 1, GB 178, Gdf M93, Lausanne 1021, X42, ... (type strain)
8252	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 282, Ko 925, DSM 43475, SN 203
8253	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum DSM 43476, SN 210
8254	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 8077, DSM 43477, SN 216
8255	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum Minetti 82, DSM 43478, SN 230
8258	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000 B, DSM 43482, SN 265
8260	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000, DSM 46622, IMET 10606
8261	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000B, DSM 46623, IMET 10607

Morphology

Multimedia

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caption:	Medium 645 37°C
intellectual property rights:	© Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
10738	MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645) Composition: Bacto Middlebrook 7H10 agar 20.9945 g/l Glycerol Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
10738	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10738			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#10738	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43075
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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