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Mycobacterium aurum (DSM 44238)

Name: Mycobacterium aurum (DSM 44238)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 8380

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 44238

NCBI tax ID(s) 1791

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Mycobacterium aurum DSM 44238 is a mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from garden soil.

mesophilic

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 50530

DSM 44238

@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 aurum

Full scientific name Mycobacterium aurum Tsukamura 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (1)

Mycolicibacterium aurum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium aurum** (12)	Type strain
8379	M. aurum 358, 14 121 0001, DSM 43999, ATCC 23366, ... (type strain)
8374	M. aurum L1, DSM 6695
8376	M. aurum 312, DSM 43537, ATCC 23070, NCTC 10438, SN ...
8377	M. aurum 326, DSM 43538, SN 2602
8378	M. aurum DSM 43539, SN 2605
136728	M. aurum CIP 105694
136772	M. aurum CIP 105692
136773	M. aurum CIP 105691
136774	M. aurum CIP 105690
136778	M. aurum CIP 105688
136779	M. aurum CIP 105689
137077	M. aurum 14 121 0005 (A+ Rebuffet), CIP 104482

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
11613	TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
11613	positive	growth	28	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil
#Engineered	#Agriculture	#Garden

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
11613	garden soil	Göttingen	Germany	DEU	Europe

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
11613	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#11613	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 44238
#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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