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RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENE; ULCERANS; IDENTIFICATION; TUBERCULOSIS; SEQUENCE; PCR; INFECTION; DISEASES; MARINUM
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A Unique Mycobacterium Species Isolated From An Epizootic Of Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis), Martha W. Rhodes, Howard Kator, Shaban Kotob, Peter Van Berkum, Ilsa Kaattari, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Margaret Floyd, W. Ray Butler, Frederick D. Quinn, Christopher Ottinger, Emmet Shotts
A Unique Mycobacterium Species Isolated From An Epizootic Of Striped Bass (Morone Saxatilis), Martha W. Rhodes, Howard Kator, Shaban Kotob, Peter Van Berkum, Ilsa Kaattari, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Margaret Floyd, W. Ray Butler, Frederick D. Quinn, Christopher Ottinger, Emmet Shotts
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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.