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Mycobacterium genavense sp. nov.

Int J Syst Bacteriol. 1993 Oct;43(4):841-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/X60070
Bottger EC; Hirschel B; Coyle MB; Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule; Hannover, Germany.

Abstract: Strains of a suggested novel type of mycobacterium have been repeatedly isolated from patients with AIDS. We summarize the results of tests performed to determine enzymatic activities and metabolic properties, the results of fatty acid analyses, and the results of a comparative 16S rRNA sequence determination. We propose formally that this organism represents a new species, Mycobacterium genavense. The type strain is strain 2289, a culture of which has been deposited in the American Type Culture Collection as strain ATCC 51234.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Cell Division Comparative Study Fatty Acids/ANALYSIS Human Molecular Sequence Data Mycobacterium/*CLASSIFICATION/ENZYMOLOGY/GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT/ *GENETICS Mycobacterium Infections/COMPLICATIONS/MICROBIOLOGY RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/*GENETICS JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/complicationscelldivisioncomparativestudyfattyacids/analysishumanmolecularsequencedatamycobacterium/KWDclassification/enzymology/growth&development/KWDgeneticsmycobacteriuminfections/complications/microbiologyrna,ribosomal,16s/KWDgeneticsjournalarticle
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