A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Authors
Rhodes, MW Kator, H Kotob, S van Berkum, P Kaattari, I Vogelbein, W Floyd, MM Butler, WR Quinn, FD Ottinger, C Shotts, E
Citation
Mw. Rhodes et al., A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis), EM INFECT D, 7(5), 2001, pp. 896-899
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Immunolgy & Infectious Disease
Journal title
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
ISSN journal
10806040 → ACNP
Volume
7
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
896 - 899
Database
ISI
SICI code
1080-6040(200109/10)7:5<896:AUMSIF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We isolated a Mycobacterium sp. resembling Mycobacterium marinum and M. ulc erans from diseased striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in the Chesapeake Bay. This isolate may represent an undesc ribed Mycobacterium species, based on phenotypic characteristics and compar ative 16S rRNA gene sequence.