Tsukamurella pulmonis

**Semantic type:** Bacterium

**Definition:** A species of aerobic, Gram positive, slightly acid-alcohol-fast, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This bacteria is non-motile, non-spore forming, catalase and urease positive, resistant to streptomycin, rifampin and capreomycin, utilizes glucose, hydrolyzes esculin but not gelatin, and does not reduce nitrate. T. pulmonis has been isolated from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and is an opportunistic pathogen which may cause pulmmonary infections in immunosuppressed indiviuals.

**Synonyms:** - TSUKAMURELLA PULMONIS