mycolicibacillus koreensis mycolicibacillus koreensis mycolicibacillus koreensis (formerly mycobacterium koreense) is a slow-growing, non-chromogenic species of mycolicibacillus originally isolated from the sputum of a human patient. it grows at temperatures from 25–37 °c and is susceptible to quinolones. the genome of m. koreensis contains a trna array that contains a long non-coding rna called goldd. mycolicibacillus koreensis scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycolicibacillus species: m. koreensis binomial name mycolicibacillus koreensis(kim et al. 2012) gupta et al. 2018 type strain 01-305dsm 45576kctc 19819 synonyms mycobacterium koreense kim et al. 2012