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Enrico Tortoli1, Erik C Böttger2, Anna Fabio3, Enevold Falsen4, Zoe Gitti5, Antonella Grottola3, Hans-Peter Klenk6, Roberta Mannino1, Alessandro Mariottini7, Massimino Messinò3, Monica Pecorari3, Fabio Rumpianesi3.
Abstract
Four strains isolated in the last 15 years were revealed to be identical in their 16S rRNA gene sequences to MCRO19, the sequence of which was deposited in GenBank in 1995. In a polyphasic analysis including phenotypic and genotypic features, the five strains (including MCRO19), which had been isolated in four European countries, turned out to represent a unique taxonomic entity. They are scotochromogenic slow growers and are genetically related to the group that included Mycobacterium simiae and 15 other species. The novel species Mycobacterium europaeum sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these five strains. Strain FI-95228(T) ( = DSM 45397(T) = CCUG 58464(T)) was chosen as the type strain. In addition, a thorough revision of the phenotypic and genotypic characters of the species related to M. simiae was conducted which leads us to suggest the denomination of the 'Mycobacterium simiae complex' for this group.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20693362 DOI： 10.1099/ijs.0.025601-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ISSN： 1466-5026 Impact factor: 2.747