M. gastri

Mycobacterium gastri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. gastri
Binomial name
*Mycobacterium gastri* Wayne 1966, ATCC 15754

Mycobacterium gastri 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.

Moderately long to long, Gram-positive, aerobic, nonmotile and acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

Physiology

Differential characteristics

Strain ATCC 15754 = CCUG 20995 = CIP 104530 = DSM 43505 = JCM 12407.