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. 2022 Nov 17;11(11):e0078422.
doi: 10.1128/mra.00784-22. Epub 2022 Oct 17.

Isolation and Genomic Analysis of an Intracellular Mycobacterium gordonae from a Free-Living Acanthamoeba sp. in a Hospital Environment in Lima, Peru

Alfonso M Cabello-Vílchez  1   2 , Alejandra Dávila-Barclay  3 , Pablo Tsukayama  1   3   4
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Isolation and Genomic Analysis of an Intracellular Mycobacterium gordonae from a Free-Living Acanthamoeba sp. in a Hospital Environment in Lima, Peru

Alfonso M Cabello-Vílchez et al. Microbiol Resour Announc. .

Abstract

Mycobacterium gordonae is a nontuberculous mycobacterium found in diverse environments and is considered an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients. We report the draft genome sequence of a Mycobacterium gordonae strain isolated from a free-living amoeba found in a nosocomial environment in Lima, Peru.

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(A) Acanthamoebal trophozoites (phase-contrast microscopy, ×60 magnification). (B) Acanthamoebal cysts with acid-fast bacillus microcolonies, Ziehl-Neelsen stain (light microscopy, ×40 magnification). (C) Positive Ziehl-Neelsen-stained bacillus (light microscopy, ×100 magnification). (D) Single orange nontuberculous mycobacterium colony in Löwenstein-Jensen medium. (E) Restreaked mycobacterial colony in Löwenstein-Jensen medium.
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