Mycobacterium farcinogenes

Mycobacterium farcinogenes 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".
Although slow-growing, it is similar to fast-growing species, and is usually classified with them.
Description.
Gram-positive, nonmotile and strongly acid-fast rods. Short or long filaments, bent and branched, in clumps or tangled, lacy network.
Colony characteristics
Rough, yellow and convoluted colonies. Firmly adherent to medium and surrounded by an iridescent halo.
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Type strain.
Strain IEMVT 75 = ATCC 35753 = CCUG 21047 = DSM 43637 = NCTC 10955.