Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43217, ATCC 19236, 10546)

Name: Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43217, ATCC 19236, 10546)
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BacDive ID 8560

Type strain

Strain Designation 10546

Culture col. no. DSM 43217 ATCC 19236 10546 SN 281R

NCBI tax ID(s) 1774

Special Collections DSMZ

History DSMZ <- I. Tarnok, SN 281R (Mycobacterium chelonei subsp. borstelense) <- G. Meissner, 10546

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Mycobacterium chelonae 10546 is a human pathogen that was isolated from gastric lavage.

human pathogen Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36912

ATCC 19236,DSM 43217

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:53

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium chelonae

Full scientific name Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Mycobacterium chelonei
Mycobacteroides chelonae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium chelonae** (17)	Type strain
8570	M. chelonae RAMC, Friedman, 14 042 0003, 1544, DSM 43804, ... (type strain)
159823	M. chelonae MOTT36W, KCTC 29127, JCM 32454 (type strain)
8413	M. chelonae CCUG 27981, DSM 44159, ATCC 35750, TMC 1537, ...
8561	M. chelonae Magnussen 921, Schering 237, 380, 30, DSM ...
8562	M. chelonae DSM 43483, ATCC 19535, SN 282
8563	M. chelonae DSM 43484, ATCC 19536, SN 283
8564	M. chelonae DSM 43485, ATCC 19537, SN 284
8565	M. chelonae DSM 43486, ATCC 19538, SN 285
8567	M. chelonae DSM 43488, ATCC 19539, SN 287
8568	M. chelonae DSM 43489, ATCC 19540, IMET 10657, SN 288
8569	M. chelonae DSM 43490, SN 289
8571	M. chelonae 788, DSM 46627, IMET 10611
145252	M. chelonae CCUG 27980, TMC 1524
145273	M. chelonae CCUG 28057
147791	M. chelonae CCUG 34239
148520	M. chelonae CCUG 35585
149487	M. chelonae CCUG 37827

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
10874	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)
10874	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body-Site	#Gastrointestinal tract	#Stomach

Isolation

10874

Sample typegastric lavage

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10874			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	hsp65 sequencing for identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria.	Ringuet H, Akoua-Koffi C, Honore S, Varnerot A, Vincent V, Berche P, Gaillard JL, Pierre-Audigier C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.3.852-857.1999	1999
Enzymology	The superoxide dismutase gene, a target for detection and identification of mycobacteria by PCR.	Zolg JW, Philippi-Schulz S.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.32.11.2801-2812.1994	1994

References

#10874	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43217
#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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Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43217, ATCC 19236, 10546)

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Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

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Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

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