mycobacteroides saopaulense mycobacteroides saopaulense mycobacteroides saopaulense (formerly mycobacterium saopaulense) is a species of bacteria from the phylum actinomycetota belonging to the genus mycobacteroides that was first isolated from a human patient undergoing lasik surgery. it has also been isolated from turtles and cows. a strain isolated from mangroves has been demonstrated to produce clavulanic acid and streptomycin. the genome of m. saopaulense contains a trna array that contains a long non-coding rna called goldd. m. saopaulense is susceptible to amikacin, kanamycin, and clarithromycin. mycobacteroides saopaulense scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: actinomycetia order: mycobacteriales family: mycobacteriaceae genus: mycobacteroides species: m. saopaulense binomial name mycobacteroides saopaulense(nogueira et al. 2015) gupta et al. 2018 type strain ccug 66554epm 10906incqs 733lmg 28586 synonyms mycobacterium saopaulense nogueira et al. 2015