Abstract
We isolated Mycobacterium phocaicum, an emerging non-tuberculous species rarely identified in the respiratory tract and blood of patients, from the therapy pool water. Identification, confirmed by 16S rDNA and rpoB sequencing and phylogenetic analyses, disclosed a genotype 4. M. phocaicum should be added to the growing list of water-borne mycobacteria.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Bacterial Proteins / genetics
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Base Sequence
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Cross Infection
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DNA, Bacterial / analysis
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DNA, Ribosomal / analysis
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Humans
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Hydrotherapy*
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Mycobacterium / genetics
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Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
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Phylogeny
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Water Microbiology*
Substances
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Bacterial Proteins
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DNA, Bacterial
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DNA, Ribosomal