title: Mycobacterium phocaicum in therapy pool water.
abstract: We isolated Mycobacterium phocaicum, an emerging non-tuberculous species rarely identified in the respiratory tract and blood of patients, from the therapy pool water. Identification, confirmed by 16S rDNA and rpoB sequencing and phylogenetic analyses, disclosed a genotype 4. M. phocaicum should be added to the growing list of water-borne mycobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, CNRS IRD UMR 6236, IFR 48, Université de la Méditerranée, Boulevard Jean Moulin - Cedex 5, Marseille, France. Michel.Drancourt@medecine.univ-mrs.fr
authors.forename: Iskandar
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ben Salah
authors.forename: Toïdi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Adékambi
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drancourt
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D003428:Cross Infection; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal