Mycobacterium alsense sp. Nov., A scotochromogenic slow grower isolated from clinical respiratory specimens

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 450-455

  Tortoli, Enrico ^a   Richter, Elvira ^b   Borroni, Emanuele ^a   Cabibbe, Andrea M ^a   Capitolo, Eleonora ^a   Cittaro, Davide ^a   Engel, Regina ^c   Hendricks, Oliver ^d   Hillemann, Doris ^c   Kristiansen, Jette E ^e   Mariottini, Alessandro ^f   Schubert, Sabine ^g   Cirillo, Daniela M ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Labor Limbach   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e King Christian the Xth Hospital   (Denmark)

^f CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; LINEZOLID; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFABUTIN; RIFAMPICIN; RNA 16S; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; BACTERIAL DNA; FATTY ACID; MYCOLIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM ALSENSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FATTY ACIDS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; MYCOLIC ACIDS; PHYLOGENY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84957828015     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.000744     Document Type: Article

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