Mycobacterium conspicuum

Mycobacterium conspicuum 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.
Gram-positive and nonmotile acid-fast coccobacilli. Does not form spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.
Colony characteristics 
Physiology
Pathogenesis.
Opportunistic pathogen, disseminated mycobacteriosis, Biosafety level 2.
Type Strain.
First isolated from two male HIV infected patients in Germany.
Strain 3895/92 = ATCC 700090 = CIP 105165 = DSM 44136.