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A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis).
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Rhodes M W, Kator H, Kotob S, van Berkum P, Kaattari I, Vogelbein W, Floyd M M, Butler W R, Quinn F D, Ottinger C, Shotts E
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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.
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