Mycobacterium montefiorense

Species of bacterium

Mycobacterium montefiorense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. montefiorense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium montefiorense
Levi et al. 2003, ATCC BAA-256

Mycobacterium montefiorense is a species of bacteria which cause granulomatous skin disease of moray eels.[1] Sequence analysis, of the 16S rRNA gene reveals M. montefiorense is most closely related to Mycobacterium triplex, an opportunistic pathogen of humans.[1]

M. montefiorense was named after the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., the medical institution where it was isolated.[1]

Description

M. montefiorense are acid-fast rods which grow on Middlebrook 7H10 media at 25 °C to form small, transparent, slow-growing colonies.[1]

M. montefiorense do not grow at temperatures above 30 °C.[1]

The strain ATCC BAA-256 = CCUG 51898 = DSM 44602.

Pathogenesis

M. montefiorense has been demonstrated to cause granulomatous skin disease of moray eels.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Levi, M. H.; Bartell, J.; Gandolfo, L.; Smole, S. C.; Costa, S. F.; Weiss, L. M.; Johnson, L. K.; Osterhout, G.; Herbst, L. H. (2003). "Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That is Related to Mycobacterium triplex". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (5): 2147–2152. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.5.2147-2152.2003. PMC 154687. PMID 12734264.

External links

  • Type strain of Mycobacterium montefiorense at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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Taxon identifiers
Mycobacterium montefiorense


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