Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum (DSM 43482, SN 265, 1000 B)

Name: Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum (DSM 43482, SN 265, 1000 B)
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BacDive ID 8258

Type strain

Strain Designation 1000 B

Culture col. no. DSM 43482 SN 265 1000 B

NCBI tax ID(s) 1766

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- I. Tarnok, SN 265 <- R.E. Gordon, 1000 B (Mycobacterium fortuitum, black beauty)

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Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000 B is a mesophilic human pathogen of the family Mycobacteriaceae.

mesophilic human pathogen

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50292

DSM 43482

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:40

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)
8248	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum M 18, DSM 43075, IMRU 681
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
8260	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000, DSM 46622, IMET 10606
8261	M. fortuitum subsp. fortuitum 1000B, DSM 46623, IMET 10607

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11072	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
11072	LÖWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 354)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: LÖWENSTEIN-JENSEN MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 354) Composition: Potato flour 18.6104 g/l L-Asparagin 2.23325 g/l KH2PO4 1.55087 g/l Mg-citrate 0.372208 g/l Malachite green 0.248139 g/l MgSO4 0.148883 g/l Glycerol Fresh egg mixture Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11072	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11072			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11072	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43482
#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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