title: Mycobacterium colombiense
text: # Mycobacterium colombiense
  
  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.
  
  ## Type strain
  
  10B = CECT 3035 = CIP 108962 = DSM 45105
  
  