Mycobacterium paraterrae sp. nov. recovered from a clinical specimen: novel chromogenic slow growing mycobacteria related to Mycobacterium terrae complex.
A previously unidentified, slowly growing scotochromogenic Mycobacterium was isolated from a Korean patient with symptomatic pulmonary infection. Phenotypically, this strain was generally similar to Mycobacterium terrae complex strains, however it uniquely produced orange pigmentation. Unique mycolic acid profiles and phylogenetic analyses based on three alternative chronometer molecules, 16S rRNA gene, hsp65 and rpoB, confirmed the taxonomic status of this strain as a novel species. These results support that this strain represents a novel Mycobacterium species. The name Mycobacterium paraterrae sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is 05-2522 (= DSM 45127 = KCTC 19556).
Lee
Hyungki
H
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Liver Research Institute and SNUMRC, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul 110-799, Korea.
Lee
Seoung-Ae
SA
Lee
In-Kyung
IK
Yu
Hee-Kyung
HK
Park
Young-Gil
YG
Jeong
Joseph
J
Lee
Seon Ho
SH
Kim
Sung-Ryul
SR
Hyun
Jin-Won
JW
Kim
Kijeong
K
Kook
Yoon-Hoh
YH
Kim
Bum-Joon
BJ
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C074119:heat-shock protein 65, Mycobacterium