Mycobacterium conspicuum sp. nov., a new species isolated from patients with disseminated infections

J Clin Microbiol. 1995 Nov;33(11):2805-11. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.11.2805-2811.1995.

Abstract

A new type of slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacterium was recovered from two patients with disseminated disease. The growth characteristics, acid fastness, acids were consistent with those for Mycobacterium species. The results of biochemical investigations, lipid analyses, and comparative 16S rRNA sequencing showed that these isolates represent a new slowly growing Mycobacterium species which is named Mycobacterium conspicuum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Classification
  • Fatty Acids / analysis
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • Humans
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Male
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacterium / classification*
  • Mycobacterium / genetics
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification
  • Mycobacterium Infections / complications
  • Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology*
  • Mycolic Acids / analysis
  • Phylogeny
  • Pneumonia / complications
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

Substances

  • Fatty Acids
  • Mycolic Acids
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

  • GENBANK/X88922