{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}
{{Speciesbox | taxon = Mycobacterium florentinum | authority = Tortoli et al. 2005, DSM 44852 }}
'''''Mycobacterium florentinum''''' is a strain of bacteria found in humans that can cause infections and other disease conditions, and prolong sickness. It presents a high resistance to antimycobacterial drugs. It is characterized by: slow growth and a short helix 18 in the 16S rDNA.
Etymology: florentinum, of the Italian city of Florence, where the majority of the strains were collected and investigated.
==Type strain== First isolated and characterized in Florence, Italy. Strain FI-93171 = CCUG 50992 = CIP 108409 = DSM 44852
== See also == * Mycobacterial cervical lymphadenitis
==References== {{Reflist}} * {{cite journal | pmid = 15879240 | doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63485-0 | volume=55 | title=Mycobacterium florentinum sp. nov., isolated from humans | date=May 2005 | journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. | pages=1101–6 | last1 = Tortoli | first1 = E | last2 = Rindi | first2 = L | last3 = Goh | first3 = KS | display-authors = etal}}
==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=8534&submit=Search Type strain of ''Mycobacterium florentinum'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mycobacterium Florentinum}} Category:Acid-fast bacilli florentinum Category:Bacteria described in 2005
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