A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

M W Rhodes; H Kator; S Kotob; P van Berkum; I Kaattari; W Vogelbein; M M Floyd; W R Butler; F D Quinn; C Ottinger; E Shotts

doi:10.3201/eid0705.017523

A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):896-9. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017523.

Authors

M W Rhodes¹, H Kator, S Kotob, P van Berkum, I Kaattari, W Vogelbein, M M Floyd, W R Butler, F D Quinn, C Ottinger, E Shotts

Affiliation

¹ Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point 23062, USA. martha@vims.edu

Abstract

We isolated a Mycobacterium sp. resembling Mycobacterium marinum and M. ulcerans from diseased striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in the Chesapeake Bay. This isolate may represent an undescribed Mycobacterium species, based on phenotypic characteristics and comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bass / microbiology*
Fish Diseases / epidemiology
Fish Diseases / microbiology*
Genes, rRNA
Molecular Sequence Data
Mycobacterium / classification*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections / epidemiology
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections / veterinary*
Phenotype
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Skin Ulcer / microbiology
Skin Ulcer / veterinary

Substances

RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Associated data

GENBANK/AY005147