
Mycobacterium aubagnense

Mycobacterium aubagnense is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus "Mycobacterium".
Type strain: strain U8 = CCUG 50186 = CIP 108543.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. aubagnense, pertaining to Aubagne, the city from where the first patient originated.
References.
ADÉKAMBI (T.), BERGER (P.), RAOULT (D.) and DRANCOURT (M.): rpoB gene sequence-based characterization of emerging non-tuberculous mycobacteria with descriptions of Mycobacterium bolletii sp. nov., Mycobacterium phocaicum sp. nov. and Mycobacterium aubagnense sp. nov. Int. J. Sys. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 133-143. 