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Case Reports
. 2007 Nov;45(11):3837-9.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.01097-07. Epub 2007 Sep 5.

Mycobacterium alsiense, a novel, slowly growing species isolated from two patients with pulmonary disease

Elvira Richter  1 , Enrico Tortoli, Arno Fischer, Oliver Hendricks, Regina Engel, Doris Hillemann, Sabine Schubert, Jette E Kristiansen
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Mycobacterium alsiense, a novel, slowly growing species isolated from two patients with pulmonary disease

Elvira Richter et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2007 Nov.

Abstract

A previously undescribed, slowly growing Mycobacterium species was isolated from pulmonary specimens of two patients, one from Denmark and one from Italy. The isolates showed unique 16S rRNA internal transcribed spacers and hsp65 sequences: the 16S rRNA was most closely related to Mycobacterium szulgai and Mycobacterium malmoense.

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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
High-performance liquid chromatography chromatograms from M. malmoense, M. palustre, M. szulgai, M. lacus, and M. alsiense. LMWIS, low-molecular-weight internal standard; HMWIS, high-molecular-weight internal standard.
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