title: Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections.
abstract: A new type of slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was recovered from two patients with disseminated disease. The growth characteristics, acid fastness, acids were consistent with those for Mycobacterium species. The results of biochemical investigations, lipid analyses, and comparative 16S rRNA sequencing showed that these isolates represent a new slowly growing Mycobacterium species which is named Mycobacterium conspicuum.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Richter
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Grünewald
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rüsch-Gerdes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uschmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Suter
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kroppenstedt
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Böttger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002965:Classification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008297:Male; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S