Mycobacterium alsiense, a novel, slowly growing species isolated from two patients with pulmonary disease.
A previously undescribed, slowly growing Mycobacterium species was isolated from pulmonary specimens of two patients, one from Denmark and one from Italy. The isolates showed unique 16S rRNA internal transcribed spacers and hsp65 sequences: the 16S rRNA was most closely related to Mycobacterium szulgai and Mycobacterium malmoense.
Richter
Elvira
E
Forschungszentrum Borstel, National Reference Center for Mycobacteria, Parkallee 18, 23845, Borstel, Germany. erichter@fz-borstel.de
Tortoli
Enrico
E
Fischer
Arno
A
Hendricks
Oliver
O
Engel
Regina
R
Hillemann
Doris
D
Schubert
Sabine
S
Kristiansen
Jette E
JE
D000368:Aged; D001483:Base Sequence; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics