Editing Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (section)

{{Short description|Subspecies of bacteria}}
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| genus = Mycobacterium
| subgenus = [[Mycobacterium avium complex]]
| species = avium
| subspecies = paratuberculosis
| authority = (Bergey et al. 1923) Thorel et al. 1990
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'''''Mycobacterium avium'' subspecies ''paratuberculosis''''' ('''MAP''') is an obligate [[pathogen]]ic bacterium in the [[genus]] ''[[Mycobacterium]]''.<ref name=Sherris>{{cite book |editor=Ryan KJ |editor2=Ray CG |title=Sherris Medical Microbiology |edition=4th |publisher=McGraw Hill |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-8385-8529-0}}</ref>  It is often abbreviated '''''M. paratuberculosis''''' or '''''M. avium'' ssp. ''paratuberculosis'''''.  It is the causative agent of [[Johne's disease]], which affects ruminants such as cattle, and suspected causative agent in human [[Crohn's disease]] and [[rheumatoid arthritis]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Study finds bacteria in milk linked to rheumatoid arthritis|url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-bacteria-linked-rheumatoid-arthritis.html|access-date=27 February 2018|agency=University of Central Florida|publisher=MedicalXpress|date=30 January 2018}}</ref>  The [[type strain]] is [[American Type Culture Collection|ATCC]] 19698 (equivalent to CIP 103963  or DSM 44133).<ref name=Thorel_1990>{{cite journal |doi=10.1099/00207713-40-3-254 |vauthors=Thorel M, Krichevsky M, Lévy-Frébault V |title=Numerical taxonomy of mycobactin-dependent mycobacteria, amended description of ''Mycobacterium avium'', and description of ''Mycobacterium avium'' subsp. ''avium'' subsp. nov., ''Mycobacterium avium'' subsp. ''paratuberculosis'' subsp. nov., and ''Mycobacterium avium'' subsp. ''silvaticum'' subsp. nov |journal=Int J Syst Bacteriol |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=254–60 |year=1990 |pmid=2397193|doi-access=free }}</ref>