Slowly growing mycobacteria

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Mycobacteria that form colonies clearly visible to the naked eye in more than 7 days on subculture are termed “slow growers”.

• Mycobacterium intermedium

Yellow and smooth

• Mycobacterium asiaticum
• Mycobacterium marinum

Yellow and rough

• Mycobacterium kansasii

Yellow

• Mycobacterium conspicuum
• Mycobacterium botniense
• Mycobacterium farcinogenes
• Mycobacterium heckeshornense
• Mycobacterium interjectum
• Mycobacterium kubicae
• Mycobacterium lentiflavum
• Mycobacterium nebraskense
• Mycobacterium nebraskense
• Mycobacterium palustre
• Mycobacterium tusciae

Yellow-Orange

• Mycobacterium cookii
• Mycobacterium flavescens
• Mycobacterium gordonae

Rose-Pink

• Mycobacterium hiberniae

Rough

• Mycobacterium africanum
• Mycobacterium bovis
• Mycobacterium caprae
• Mycobacterium lacus
• Mycobacterium lepraemurium
• Mycobacterium microti
• Mycobacterium pinnipedii
• Mycobacterium shottsii
• Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Smooth

• Mycobacterium branderi
• Mycobacterium heidelbergense
• Mycobacterium intracellulare
• Mycobacterium malmoense

Smooth to rough

• Mycobacterium gastri
• Mycobacterium haemophilum

Small and Transparent

• Mycobacterium avium avium
• Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis
• Mycobacterium avium silvaticum
• Mycobacterium genavense
• Mycobacterium montefiorense
• Mycobacterium ulcerans