Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov. recovered from clinical specimen and the first isolation report of Mycobacterium arupense in Japan: Novel slowly growing, nonchromogenic clinical isolates related to Mycobacterium terrae complex

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 889-897

  Masaki, Takayuki ^a,b   Ohkusu, Kiyofumi ^a   Hata, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Fujiwara, Nagatoshi ^d   Iihara, Hirotoshi ^a   Yamada Noda, Makiko ^a   Pham, Hong Nhung ^a   Hayashi, Masahiro ^a   Asano, Yuko ^e   Kawamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Ezaki, Takayuki ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Chemo Sero Therapeutic Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Kyokuto Pharmaceutical Industrial Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Ohgaki Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

M. Arupense; M. terrae complex; Mycobacterium kumamotonense sp. nov.

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; HSP65 GENE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RPOB GENE; TAXONOMY; UNITED STATES;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ARUPENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM HIBERNIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM NONCHROMOGENICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE;

EID: 33751302297     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03865.x     Document Type: Article

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