Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs

Discovery and Characterization of Mycobacterium basiliense sp. nov., a Nontuberculous Mycobacterium Isolated From Human Lungs

Bacteria belonging to the genus Mycobacterium are predominantly responsible for pulmonary diseases; most notably Mycobacterium tuberculosis causes granulomatous pulmonary infections. Here we describe a novel slow growing mycobacterial species isolated from respiratory samples from five patients, fou...

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Main Authors: Helena M. B. Seth-Smith, Frank Imkamp, Florian Tagini, Aline Cuénod, Rico Hömke, Kathleen Jahn, Anne Tschacher, Peter Grendelmeier, Veronika Bättig, Stefan Erb, Miriam Reinhard, Gottfried Rütimann, Sonia Borrell, Sebastien Gagneux, Carlo Casanova, Sara Droz, Michael Osthoff, Michael Tamm, Ulrich Nübel, Gilbert Greub, Peter M. Keller, Adrian Egli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
nontuberculous mycobacteria
novel species
Mycobacterium basiliense
virulence
pathogen
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03184/full

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