Mycobacterium europaeum sp. nov., a scotochromogenic species related to the Mycobacterium simiae complex
Tortoli, Enrico and Böttger, Erik C. and Fabio, Anna and Falsen, Enevold and Gitti, Zoe and Grottola, Antonella and Klenk, Hans-Peter and Mannino, Roberta and Mariottini, Alessandro and Messinò, Massimino and Pecorari, Monica and Rumpianesi, Fabio,, 61, 1606-1611 (2011),
doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.025601-0,
publicationName = Microbiology Society,
issn = 1466-5026,
abstract= Four strains isolated in the last 15 years were revealed to be identical in their 16S rRNA gene sequences to MCRO19, the sequence of which was deposited in GenBank in 1995. In a polyphasic analysis including phenotypic and genotypic features, the five strains (including MCRO19), which had been isolated in four European countries, turned out to represent a unique taxonomic entity. They are scotochromogenic slow growers and are genetically related to the group that included Mycobacterium simiae and 15 other species. The novel species Mycobacterium europaeum sp. nov. is proposed to accommodate these five strains. Strain FI-95228T ( = DSM 45397T  = CCUG 58464T) was chosen as the type strain. In addition, a thorough revision of the phenotypic and genotypic characters of the species related to M. simiae was conducted which leads us to suggest the denomination of the ‘Mycobacterium simiae complex’ for this group.,
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