
Mycobacterium gadium

Mycobacterium gadium 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".
Description.
Short gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Type strain.
First isolated from known tuberculous patient from Cadiz, Spain.
Strain ATCC 27726 = CCUG 37515 = CIP 105388 = DSM 44077 = HAMBI 2274 = JCM 12688 = NCTC 10942.