Mycobacterium asiaticum

Mycobacterium asiaticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinobacteria
Order:	Actinomycetales
Suborder:	Corynebacterineae
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. asiaticum
Binomial name
Mycobacterium asiaticum Weiszfeiler et al. 1971, ATCC 25276

Mycobacterium asiaticum is a slowly growing mycobacterium first isolated from monkeys in 1965. M. asiaticum can, but rarely, causes human pulmonary disease.

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