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A new rapidly growing mycobacterium was isolated from human sputum. This organism grew at 22, 31, 37, and 41 degrees C and possessed catalase, acid phosphatase, acetamidase, urease, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, and nitrate reductase activities. It did not produce nicotinic acid, hydrolyze Tween, or have benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, succinidamidase, and arylsulfatase activities. A mycolic acid analysis revealed a simple, unique pattern. The organism is susceptible to antituberculotic drugs. A comparative 16S rRNA sequence analysis placed this organism within the confines of the genus Mycobacterium, most closely related to the thermotolerant rapidly growing species. On the basis of the pattern of enzymatic activities and metabolic properties, as well as the unique 16S rRNA sequence, we propose that our single strain represents a new species, for which we propose the name Mycobacterium confluentis. The type strain is strain 1389/90; a culture of this strain has been deposited in the German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures as strain DSM 44017.
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PMID:Mycobacterium confluentis sp. nov. 137 23

When leprosy bacilli grown in nude mouse foot pad were used for culture experiments, cultivable acid-fast bacillus was sometimes isolated as a contaminant. Whenever bacilli were inoculated to nude mice, the same leprosy bacilli were killed by autoclaving and were inoculated in to foot pads of 5 nude mice for examination of this cause of the contamination. Acid-fast bacillus was cultivated on 3% Ogawa egg medium at 33 degrees C from homogenates of foot pads of nude mice infected with M. leprae after one year and a while of infection. Foot pad of nude mouse injected with leprosy bacilli was cut off, ground in mortar and passed through sterile absorbent cotton and the filtrate was centrifuged at 10,000 rpm for 30 minutes. The sediment was inoculated on 3% Ogawa egg medium after treating with a small amount of sterile 1 N sodium hydroxide. Acid-fast bacilli were isolated from 3 out of 41 mice inoculoted with heat killed bacilli. The isolated acid-fast bacillus did not be observed in the same experimental group inocudated with live bacilli, positive cases were scattered in another groups. Four out of 16 tubes were positive for acid-fast bacilli in mice infected with Kurume-naha and 5 out of 7 tubes in the Amami-KM infected mouse group. The two negative tubes were discarded due to contamination. Kurume-Oki strain which has yellow colonial morphology was isolated from one out of 6 culture tubes. Strains Kurume-naha and Amami-KM have the same characteristics as follows: slow grower with pale yellow smooth colonial morphology, strongly positive for niacin production and ureas; positive for nicotinamidase, pyradinamidase and 68 degrees C catalase; no growth at 45 degrees C, negative for nitrate reduction, hydrolysis of Tween 80, diamine oxidase, heat stable acid-phosphatase and arylsulphatase; resistant to streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and B 663. Two isolates were identified as Mycobacterium simiae from these characteristics. Characteristics of a Kurume-Oki isolate was as follows: slow grower with yellow smooth colonial morphology, positive for urease, 68 degrees C catalase, hydrolysis of Tween 80 and arylsulfatase; no growth at 45 degrees C, negative for niacin production, nicotinamidase, pyradinamidase, nitrate reduction, daimine oxidase and heat stable acid-phosphatase; resistant to streptomycin, isoniazid, rifampicin and B. 663. This bacillus was identified as Mycobacterium gordonae from these characteristics.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:[Acid-fast bacilli isolated from foot pads of nude mice infected with leprosy bacilli]. 213 33

Cat leprosy bacilli passaged in mice could be isolated on 1% Ogawa yolk medium. The isolated cat leprosy bacilli which were cultivated successively four times on 1% Ogawa yolk medium produced a leproma in mice. All characteristics of the isolated cat leprosy bacillus were the same as isolated murine leprosy bacillus, as follows: slow grower, light yellowish-white rough colony, production of much coproporphyrin on the medium, heat-resistant catalase negative, heat-resistant phosphatase negative, arylsulfatase negative, niacin negative, hydrolysis of Tween 80 negative, urease negative, nicotinamidase positive, pyrazinamidase positive, cytochrome b1 at 560 nm positive, cytochrome a2 at 630 nm positive, and cytochrome c at 550 nm negative. Cats are susceptible to both cat and murine leprosy bacilli; the bacilli produced a leproma in a newborn cat at 3 to 4 months and in an adult cat at 2 months after inoculation. Many globi of acid-fast bacilli (AFB) were observed in the histopathological sections and the smear preparations of the newborn cat's lepromas, especially in the necrotic areas of the lepromas. Many AFB and polymorphonuclear leukocytes were seen in the histopathological sections and the smear preparations of the adult cat's lepromas. These lepromas formed ulcers by autolysis and healed or absorbed without ulcer formation over the course of months. Large lepromas remained for a long time without ulcer formation and caseation in some cats. Secondary infections with cat and murine leprosy bacilli were done respectively to the right and left femoral subcutaneous regions of newborn cats carrying primary lepromas. After one month, granulomas in which many AFB were observed were produced in both infection sites. Cats are susceptible to infection with cat and murine leprosy bacilli; however, the bacilli did not invade progressively to internal organs or other subcutaneous areas. Cat leprosy bacilli which were passaged in the mouse are identical to murine leprosy bacilli.
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PMID:Identification of cat leprosy bacillus grown in mice. 354 48

Strains of a new type of slowly growing mycobacterium were repeatedly isolated from sputum from a patient with pulmonary disease. This photochromogenic organism grew at 22, 31, 37, and 41 degrees C, possessed catalase, acid phosphatase, esterase, beta-galactosidase, and arylsulfatase activities, and hydrolyzed Tween. It did not produce nicotinic acid or have nitrate reductase, acetamidase, benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, succinidamidase, and acid phosphatase activities. Urease activity was variable. The organism is susceptible to ethambutol and resistant to isoniazid and streptomycin. A mycolic acid analysis revealed the presence of alpha-mycolates, alpha'-mycolates, and keto-mycolates. The results of comparative 16S rRNA sequencing placed this organism at an intermediate position between the rapidly and slowly growing mycobacteria. On the basis of the pattern of enzymatic activities and metabolic properties, the results of fatty acid analyses, and the unique 16S rRNA sequence, we propose that this organism represents a new species, for which we propose the name Mycobacterium intermedium. The type strain is strain 1669/91; a culture of this strain has been deposited in the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen as strain DSM 44049.
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PMID:Mycobacterium intermedium sp. nov. 849 35

A number of mycobacterial strains with similar growth characteristics, metabolic properties, and lipid compositions, which were previously placed in the Helsinki group (E. Brander, E. Jantzen, R. Huttunen, A. Juntunen, and M.-L. Katila, J. Clin. Microbiol. 30:1972-1975, 1992), were characterized by performing 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Of the 14 strains studied, 9 had a unique, previously undescribed sequence in the variable region of 16S rRNA. These nine strains, all of which were isolated from respiratory tract specimens, were nonpigmented and grew at 25 degrees C to 45 degrees C, reaching full colony size after 2 to 3 weeks. They produced arylsulfatase, nicotinamidase, and pyrazinamidase and were negative for Tween 80 hydrolysis, catalase, urease, and nitrate reductase activities, and niacin. Their glycolipid patterns were identical. A mycolic acid analysis performed by using thin-layer chromatography showed that these organisms contained alpha-mycolates, ketomycolates, and carboxy mycolates. Gas-liquid chromatography revealed that 2-eicosanol was the major alcohol and hexacosanoic acid was the major mycolic acid cleavage product. On the basis of their growth, biochemical, and lipid characteristics and their unique 16S rRNA sequence, we propose that these organisms should be assigned to a new species, Mycobacterium branderi. Comparative 16S rRNA sequencing revealed that this new species is closely related to Mycobacterium celatum, Mycobacterium cookii, and Mycobacterium xenopi. Strains 52157T (T = type strain) and 43548 have been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection as strains ATCC 51789 and ATCC 51788, respectively.
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PMID:Mycobacterium branderi sp. nov., a new potential human pathogen. 859 Jun 82