Mycobacterium houstonense
Mycobacterium houstonense is a member of the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex. The specific epithet houstonense refers to Houston, Texas, where the first isolate of the M. fortuitum third biovariant (sorbitol-positive) was identified.[1]
References
- ↑ Mark F. Schinsky, Roger E. Morey, Arnold G. Steigerwalt, Michael P. Douglas, Rebecca W. Wilson, Margaret M. Floyd, W. Ray Butler, Maryam I. Daneshvar, Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, Richard J. Wallace, Jr., Michael M. McNeil, Don J. Brenner & June M. Brown (2004). "Taxonomic variation in the Mycobacterium fortuitum third biovariant complex: description of Mycobacterium boenickei sp. nov., Mycobacterium houstonense sp. nov., Mycobacterium neworleansense sp. nov. and Mycobacterium brisbanense sp. nov. and recognition of Mycobacterium porcinum from human clinical isolates". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54: 1653–1667. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02743-0. PMID 15388725.
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R2S=scotochromogenic;
R3N=nonchromogenic) | Long helix 18
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| K/H groups | M. kansasii group | |
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| M. haemophilum group | |
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| M. conspicuum group | |
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| Long helix 18
(other) | M. xenopi group | |
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| M. celatum group | |
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| M. hiberniae group | |
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| Rapidly growing/
Runyon IV | M. neoaurum group | |
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| F/T groups | M. fortuitum group | |
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| M. vaccae group | |
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| M. smegmatis group | |
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| M. chelonae group | |
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| M. elephantis group | |
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