title: A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis).
abstract: We isolated a Mycobacterium sp. resembling Mycobacterium marinum and M. ulcerans from diseased striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in the Chesapeake Bay. This isolate may represent an undescribed Mycobacterium species, based on phenotypic characteristics and comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence.
authors.affiliation: Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point 23062, USA. martha@vims.edu
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kator
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kotob
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: van Berkum
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kaattari
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Vogelbein
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Floyd
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Butler
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ottinger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shotts
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001492:Bass / Q000382:microbiology*; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010641:Phenotype; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S