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Mycobacterium Pseudoshottsii Sp Nov., A Slowly Growing Chromogenic Species Isolated From Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis), Mw Rhodes, H Kator, Et Al, I Kaattari, Kimberly S. Reece, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Ca Ottinger
Mycobacterium Pseudoshottsii Sp Nov., A Slowly Growing Chromogenic Species Isolated From Chesapeake Bay Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis), Mw Rhodes, H Kator, Et Al, I Kaattari, Kimberly S. Reece, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Ca Ottinger
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A group of slowly growing photochromogenic mycobacteria was isolated from Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis. Growth characteristics, acid-fastness and 16S rRNA gene sequencing results were consistent with those of the genus Mycobacterium, Biochemical reactions, growth characteristics and mycolic acid profiles (HPLC) resembled those of Mycobacterium shottsii, a non-pigmented mycobacterium also isolated during the same epizootic. Sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes, the gene encoding the exported repeated protein (erp) and the gene encoding the 65 kDa heat-shock protein (hsp65) and restriction enzyme analysis of the hsp65 gene demonstrated that this group of isolates is …