Mycobacterium gastri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Bacillati
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. gastri
Binomial name
Mycobacterium gastri Wayne 1966, ATCC 15754

Mycobacterium gastri is a species of the phylumActinomycetota (Gram-positivebacteria with highguanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genusMycobacterium.

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

Colony characteristics

• Nonchromogenic, smooth to rough, white colonies onLöwenstein-Jensen medium and smooth or somewhat granular onMiddlebrook 7H10 agar.

Physiology

• Growth onLöwenstein-Jensen medium or onMiddlebrook 7H10 agar at 37 °C, (temperature range 25 °C-40 °C), within 7 or more days.
• Does not grow in the presence ofethambutol orisoniazid.

Differential characteristics

• Closely related toM. kansasii
• M. gastri andM. kansasii share an identical 16S rDNA sequence. Species differentiation is possible by differences in the ITS and hsp65 sequences.
• M. kansasii produces aphotochromogenic yellow pigment.
• AccuProbes forM. kansasii are negative.

• Casual resident of human stomachs, but not considered a cause of disease.
• Biosafety level 1

• First isolated from human gastric specimen. Also found in soil.

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

• Wayne, L. 1966. Classification and identification of mycobacteria. III. Species within Group III. American Review of Respiratory Diseases, 93, 919–928.]

• Type strain ofMycobacterium gastri at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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