Mycobacterium terrae (DSM 43540, SN 2701, W173)

Name: Mycobacterium terrae (DSM 43540, SN 2701, W173)
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BacDive ID 8352

Type strain

Strain Designation W173

Culture col. no. DSM 43540 SN 2701 W173

NCBI tax ID(s) 1788

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Mycobacterium terrae W173 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Mycobacteriaceae.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50335

DSM 43540

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:49

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium terrae

Full scientific name Mycobacterium terrae Wayne 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Mycolicibacter terrae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium terrae** (2)	Type strain
8351	M. terrae F 628, W45, W-45, 14 032 0001, DSM 43227, ... (type strain)
141272	M. terrae CCUG 532

Morphology

Multimedia

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caption:	Medium 645 37°C
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manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11128	PEPTONE MEAT EXTRACT GLYCEROL AGAR (DSMZ Medium 250)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: PEPTONE MEAT EXTRACT GLYCEROL AGAR (DSMZ Medium 250) Composition: Agar 20.0 g/l Proteose peptone no. 3 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Glycerol Distilled water
11128	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)	Range
11128	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
11128	yes, in single cases	yes, in single cases	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11128	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43540
#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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