@article{mbs:/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02760-0, author = "Fanti, Franco and Tortoli, Enrico and Hall, Leslie and Roberts, Glenn D. and Kroppenstedt, Reiner M. and Dodi, Icilio and Conti, Stefania and Polonelli, Luciano and Chezzi, Carlo", title = "Mycobacterium parmense sp. nov.", journal= "International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology", year = "2004", volume = "54", number = "4", pages = "1123-1127", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02760-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/ijs.0.02760-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1466-5034", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The isolation and identification of a novel, slow-growing, scotochromogenic, mycobacterial species is reported. A strain, designated MUP 1182T, was isolated from a cervical lymph node of a 3-year-old child. MUP 1182T is alcohol- and acid-fast, with a lipid pattern that is consistent with those of species that belong to the genus Mycobacterium. It grows slowly at 25–37 °C, but does not grow at 42 °C. The isolate was revealed to be biochemically distinct from previously described mycobacterial species: it has urease and Tween hydrolysis activities and lacks nitrate reductase, 3-day arylsulfatase and β-glucosidase activities. Comparative 16S rDNA sequencing showed that isolate MUP 1182T represents a novel, slow-growing species that is related closely to Mycobacterium lentiflavum and Mycobacterium simiae. On the basis of these findings, the name Mycobacterium parmense sp. nov. is proposed, with MUP 1182T (=CIP 107385T=DSM 44553T) as the type strain.", }