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Mycobacterium chelonae
Definition 1
A species of aerobic, Gram positive, rods assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid fast, oxidase negative, urease and catalase positive, nonmotile and nonsporulating. M. chelonae is a fast growing mycobacterium isolated from environmental, animal and human sources and is often associated with post-operative soft tissue infection. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Mycobacterium chelonae. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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