Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium montefiorense Isolated from Japanese Black Salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)

Hanako Fukano; Mitsunori Yoshida; Akane Shimizu; Hajime Iwao; Yukie Katayama; Tsutomu Omatsu; Tetsuya Mizutani; Osamu Kurata; Shinpei Wada; Yoshihiko Hoshino

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00448-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium montefiorense Isolated from Japanese Black Salamander (Hynobius nigrescens)

Genome Announc. 2018 May 24;6(21):e00448-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00448-18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
² The Laboratory of Aquatic Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Life Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Niigata City Aquarium, Niigata, Japan.
⁴ Research and Education Center for Prevention of Global Infectious Diseases of Animals, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Mycobacteriology, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan yhoshino@nih.go.jp.

Abstract

Mycobacterium montefiorense is a member of the Mycobacterium simiae complex, the largest group of nontuberculous mycobacteria. Here, we report the genome sequence of M. montefiorense isolate BS, isolated from diseased Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens) reared in an aquarium in Japan. This is the first reported case of an M. montefiorense infection in an amphibian.