mycolicibacter paraterrae mycolicibacter paraterrae mycolicibacter paraterrae (formerly mycobacterium paraterrae) is a species of bacteria from the phylum actinomycetota that was first isolated from the sputum of a patient with an unspecified pulmonary infection. it forms orange colonies when grown in the dark and grows slowly at 25–37 °c. it has also been isolated from mycolicibacter paraterrae scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycolicibacter species: m. paraterrae binomial name mycolicibacter paraterrae(lee et al. 2016) gupta et al. 2018 type strain 05-2522dsm 45127kctc 19556 synonyms "mycobacterium paraterrae" lee et al. 2010 mycobacterium paraterrae lee et al. 2016