title: Identification of the newly described Mycobacterium poriferae from tuberculous lesions of snakehead fish (Channa striatus).
abstract: A mycobacterium isolated form a cultured snakehead with nodular lesions was identified on the basis of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) profile of cell wall mycolic acids, and confirmed by conventional tests, as Mycobacterium poriferae, a species previously isolated only from a marine sponge. The profiles of M. poriferae, Mycobacterium aurum and Mycobacterium parafortuitum are here reported for the first time.
authors.affiliation: Bacteriological and Virological Laboratory, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tortoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartoloni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bozzetta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Burrini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lacchini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mantella
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Penati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tullia Simonetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ghittino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005399:Fishes; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D009171:Mycolic Acids