Mycobacterium confluentis

Mycobacterium confluentis is a non-pathogenic bacterium of the oral cavity.
Description.
Gram-positive, nonmotile, acid-fast coccobacillus (0.5-0.8 µm x 0.7-1.7 µm), does not form spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.
Pathogenesis.
Not associated with disease. Biosafety level 1.
Type strain.
First isolated from sputum, Koblenz, Germany.
strain 1389/90 = ATCC 49920 = CIP 105510 = DSM 44017 = JCM 13671.