Mycolicibacter hiberniae

Mycolicibacter hiberniae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycolicibacter
Species:	M. hiberniae
Binomial name
Mycolicibacter hiberniae (Kazda et al. 1993) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
ATCC 49874 ATCC 9874 CIP 104537 DSM 44241 Hi 11 JCM 13571
Synonyms[2]
Mycobacterium hiberniae Kazda et al. 1993

Mycolicibacter hiberniae (formerly Mycobacterium hiberniae) is a species of bacteria in the phylum Actinomycetota.^[1]

Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated.

Description

Polymorphic, beaded, gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (0.9 μm × 1.2–1.5 μm).

Colony characteristics

• Smooth and glistening colonies with rose-pink pigmentation but become rough and dry later. Colonies with unique pigment production are 1-1.5 mm in diameter.

Physiology

• Slow growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium and Middlebrook 7H10 agar at 37 °C (range: 22-37 °C). No growth at 42 °C.
• Resistant to isoniazid, rifampin, and streptomycin
• Sensitive to ethambutol.

Differential characteristics

• M. hiberniae has unusual rose-pink pigmentation, which is unique in the genus Mycobacterium.

Pathogenesis

• Not pathogenic
• Provokes a nonspecific skin hypersensitivity reaction to bovine tuberculin.
• Biosafety level 1

Type strain

• First isolated from true moss, sphagnum, and soil in Ireland

References

1. Kazda J, Cooney R, Monaghan M, Quinn PJ, Stackebrandt E, Dorsch M, Daffe M, Muller K, Cook BR, Tarnok ZS. (1993). "Mycobacterium hiberniae sp. nov". Int J Syst Bacteriol. 43 (2): 352–357. doi:10.1099/00207713-43-2-352. PMID 7684243.
2. Gupta, Radhey S.; Lo, Brian; Son, Jeen (2018-02-13). "Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 67. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 5819568. PMID 29497402.
3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Mycolicibacter hiberniae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 27, 2022.

External links

• Type strain of M. hiberniae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase