KEGGMycobacterium marinum M

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EntryT00694
Org codemmi
NameMycobacterium marinum M
CategoryReference genome
Annotationyes
TaxonomyTAX:216594
    LineageBacteria; Bacillati; Actinomycetota; Actinomycetes; Mycobacteriales; Mycobacteriaceae; Mycobacterium; Mycobacterium marinum
Org groupBacteria; Actinomycetota; Mycobacteriales
BriteKEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611]
Data sourceGenBank (Assembly: GCA_000018345.1 Complete Genome)
KeywordsHuman pathogen, Animal pathogen, Fish pathogen
DiseaseH01458 Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection
CommentUbiquitous pathogen of fish and amphibia.
Shown to also be a human pathogen.
Facultative anaerobe.
Unable to reduce nitrate and produces characteristic bright yellow carotenoid pigments when exposed to light.
Isolated from a patient with fish tank granuloma in San Francisco in 1992.
ChromosomeCircular (GB: CP000854)
PlasmidpMM23; Circular (GB: CP000895)
StatisticsNumber of protein genes: 5452
Number of RNA genes: 51
Created2008
ReferencePMID: 18403782
    AuthorsStinear TP, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Jenkin GA, Davies JK, Johnson PD, Abdellah Z, Arrowsmith C, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, et al.
    TitleInsights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
    JournalGenome Res 18:729-41 (2008)
DOI: 10.1101/gr.075069.107