Global InformationMycobacterium colombiense information
| Mycobacterium colombiense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetia |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. colombiense
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| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium colombiense Murcia et al. 2006, CIP 108962
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Mycobacterium colombiense is a species of the phylum Actinomycetota (Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium.
Etymology: colombiense, pertaining to Colombia, the South American country where the strains were first isolated.