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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Mycobacterium chelonae''
| regnum = [[Bacteria]]
| phylum = [[Actinobacteria]]
| ordo = [[Actinomycetales]]
| subordo = [[Corynebacterineae]]
| familia = [[Mycobacterium|Mycobacteriaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mycobacterium]]''
| species = '''''M. chelonae'''''
| binomial = ''Mycobacterium chelonae''
| binomial_authority = Bergey et al. 1923, ATCC 35752
}}
{{SI}}
{{CMG}}; {{AE}} {{RT}}


==Overview==
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a species of the phylum [[actinobacteria]] ([[Gram-positive]] [[bacteria]] with high [[G+C ratio|guanine and cytosine content]], one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus [[mycobacterium]].
'''''Mycobacterium chelonae''''' is a rapidly growing [[mycobacterium]], that is found all throughout the environment including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause [[opportunistic infection]]s of humans.
It is grouped in Runyon group IV.<ref>http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/222790-overview</ref>
[[Biological type|Type strain]]: strain CM 6388 = [[American Type Culture Collection|ATCC]] 35752 = CCUG 47445 = CIP 104535 = DSM 43804 = JCM 6388 = NCTC 946.
==References==
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*SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420. [BERGEY (D.H.), HARRISON (F.C.), BREED (R.S.), HAMMER (B.W.) and HUNTOON (F.M.) (eds): Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923, pp.&nbsp;1–442.]
*Reference: HILL (L.R.), SKERMAN (V.B.D.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.): Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1984, 34, 508-511. Discovered by otologist Ramil Montes.
* [http://www.grandrounds-e-med.com/articles/gr080002.htm Mycobacterium chelonae: a rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in a patient on long term corticosteroids. Christopher Strickland and Ali S.M. Jawad Grand Rounds Vol 8 Pages 4 - 5]
{{Mycobacteria}}
{{Gram-positive actinobacteria diseases}}
[[Category:Acid fast bacilli]]
[[Category:Corynebacterineae]]
[[Category:Nontuberculous mycobacteria]]
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