Mycobacterium mantenii sp. nov., a pathogenic, slowly growing, scotochromogenic species

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.010405-0

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Mycobacterium mantenii sp. nov., a pathogenic, slowly growing, scotochromogenic species

22 Jul 2009

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Slowly growing, scotochromogenic bacteria of a novel Mycobacterium species were isolated from lymph node samples in two children and pulmonary samples in two elderly patients from different regions in the Netherlands as well as from a surface water sample in Zambia. Its 16S rRNA gene, 16S-23S internal transcribed spacer (ITS), hsp65 and rpoB gene sequences are unique in comparison with other mycobacteria....

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