Mycobacterium confluentis is a non-pathogenic bacterium of the oral cavity.

Gram-positive, nonmotile, acid-fast coccobacillus (0.5-0.8 μm x 0.7-1.7 μm), does not form spores, capsules or aerial hyphae.

First isolated from sputum, Koblenz, Germany.

strain 1389/90 = ATCC 49920 = CIP 105510 = DSM 44017 = JCM 13671.

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