Mycobacterium microti

Mycobacterium microti
Description.
Gram-positive, nonmotile, acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Commercially available nucleic acid hybridisation assays are widely used to identify members of the M. tuberculosis complex..
Differentiation between individual members of the M tuberculosis complex is possible using a variety of molecular techniques, and individual strains within a species may be further distinguished using a variety of molecular typing methods.
Pathogenesis.
Cause of naturally acquired generalized tuberculosis in voles and other mammals, including cats and new world camelids such as llamas. Human infections are rare, but do occur in both immunocompromised and apparently immunocompetent patients.
Type strain.
Strain ATCC 19422 = CIP 104256 = NCTC 8710.