Mycobacterium shottsii
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[edit] Mycobacterium shottsii
Mycobacterium shottsii is a slowly growing, non-pigmented mycobacteria isolated from striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in the Chesapeake Bay.
The taxonomic name has not been approved yet.
Growth characteristics, acid-fastness and results of 16S rRNA gene sequencing were consistent with those of the genus Mycobacterium. A unique profile of biochemical reactions was observed among the 21 isolates. A single cluster of eight peaks identified by analysis of mycolic acids (HPLC) resembled those of reference patterns but differed in peak elution times from profiles of reference species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
One isolate (M1 75T) was placed within the slowly growing mycobacteria by analysis of aligned 16S rRNA gene sequences and was proximate in phylogeny to Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum. However, distinct nucleotide differences were detected in the 16S rRNA gene sequence among M175T, M. ulcerans and M. marinum (99.2% similarity). Isolate M175T could be differentiated from other slowly growing, non-pigmented mycobacteria by its inability to grow at 37 °C, production of niacin and urease, absence of nitrate reductase and resistance to isoniazid (1 microg ml(-1)), thiacetazone and thiophene-2-carboxylic hydrazide. Based upon these genetic and phenotypic differences, isolate M175T (=ATCC 700981T =NCTC 13215T) is proposed as the type strain of a novel species, Mycobacterium shottsii sp. nov.
Reference: M. Rhodes et al. Mycobacterium shottsii sp. nov., a slowly growing species from Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53 (2003):421-424.
