Mycobacterium moriokaense

Mycobacterium moriokaense
Etymology: moriokaense, from Morioka, Japan where the organism was first isolated.
Description.
Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6 µm x 0.5 µm).
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Type strain.
Strain NCH E11715 = ATCC 43059 = CCUG 37671 = CIP 105393 = DSM 44221 = JCM 6375 = VKM Ac-1183.