Project name: Mycolicibacterium phlei DSM 43239 = CCUG 21000

Description: Mycobacterium phlei, also known as the Timothy Grass Bacillus, is a rapid growing thermotolerant Mycobacterium spp. isolated as early as 1898 from timothy grass. The mycobacterium-specific compound Mycobactin was first discovered in this species. Its cell wall complex is able to stimulate the immune system and is therefore used as an adjuvant in certain anti-cancer vaccines. The Mycobacterium phlei DSM 43239 was obtained from Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Relevance: Medical

Release date: 2016-03-08

Last updated: 2012-08-24