Identification of the newly described Mycobacterium poriferae from tuberculous lesions of snakehead fish (Channa striatus).
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.
Tortoli
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Bacteriological and Virological Laboratory, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Bartoloni
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A
Bozzetta
E
E
Burrini
C
C
Lacchini
C
C
Mantella
A
A
Penati
V
V
Tullia Simonetti
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M
Ghittino
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C
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*
D009171:Mycolic Acids