''Mycolicibacter senuensis'' (formerly ''Mycobacterium senuense'') is a species of bacteria from the phylum

Actinomycetota The Actinomycetota (or Actinobacteria) are a diverse phylum of Gram-positive bacteria with high GC content. They can be terrestrial or aquatic. They are of great importance to land flora because of their contributions to soil systems. In soil t ...

that was first isolated from the

sputum Sputum is mucus that is coughed up from the lower airways (the trachea and bronchi). In medicine, sputum samples are usually used for a naked-eye examination, microbiological investigation of respiratory infections, and Cytopathology, cytological ...

of a patient with an unspecified pulmonary infection. It is non-pigmented and grows slowly at 25–37 °C. It has also been isolated from

swine Suina (also known as Suiformes) is a suborder of omnivorous, non-ruminant artiodactyl mammals that includes the domestic pig and peccaries. A member of this clade is known as a suine. Suina includes the family Suidae, termed suids, known in ...

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Acid-fast bacilli senuensis Bacteria described in 2008 {{Mycobacterium-stub