Rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria cultured from home tap and shower water.
Tap and shower water at two locations in the Netherlands was examined for the presence of rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria. Cultures yielded Mycobacterium peregrinum, M. salmoniphilum, M. llatzerense, M. septicum, and three potentially novel species, a distribution different from that in clinical samples.
van Ingen
Jakko
J
National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. jakko.van.ingen@rivm.nl
Blaak
Hetty
H
de Beer
Jessica
J
de Roda Husman
Ana Maria
AM
van Soolingen
Dick
D
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009426:Netherlands; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014871:Water Microbiology
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C115861:Tap protein, Mycobacterium; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases; C105078:RNA polymerase beta subunit