Mycobacterium gilvum

Mycobacterium gilvum 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".
Etymology: gilvum, Latin for pale yellow.
Description.
Pleomorphic gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Type strain.
First isolated from sputum and pleura fluid (London).
Strain ATCC 43909 = CCUG 37676 = CIP 106743 = DSM 44503 = JCM 6395 = NCTC 10742.