Mycobacterium genavense

Mycobacterium genavense is a slow-growing 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.
Nonmotile, acid-fast coccobacilli (1.0 µm x 2.0 µm). No formation of spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.
Colony characteristics
Physiology
Differential characteristics
Type strain.
Strain 2289 = ATCC 51234