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Abstract

A new species, , is described. A study of 22 strains showed that they form a homogeneous group with an internal phenotypic similarity value of 94.6 ± 4.1%. The colony morphology resembled that of , with cord formation on solid medium. The characteristic features of these strains were that they were nonchromogenic and grew rapidly at 30°C but slowly at 37°C. Most formed a thermolabile catalase and produced nitrate reductase. A lipid analysis showed that tuberculostearic acid was present and that only -mycolic acids were formed. These -mycolic acids were di- and tri-unsaturated acids, a feature that has not been described previously in the mycobacteria. The type strain has been deposited in the Collection Nationale de Cultures de Microorganismes, Paris, France, as strain CIP 8139.

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