title: Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
text: # Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis
  
  Mycolicibacter kumamotonensis (formerly Mycobacterium kumamotonense) is a species of bacteria. Etymology: kumamotonensis, pertaining to Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, where the type strain was isolated.
  
  ## Description
  
  * Slowly growing, nonchromogenic.
  
  ## Type strain
  
  * First isolated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan from a clinical specimen.
  