Mycobacterium shottsii
| Mycobacterium shottsii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Actinomycetota |
| Class: | Actinomycetes |
| Order: | Mycobacteriales |
| Family: | Mycobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Mycobacterium |
| Species: | M. shottsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Mycobacterium shottsii Rhodes, Kator, Kotob et al. 2003 | |
Mycobacterium shottsii is a species of slow growing, rod-shaped bacterium from the family Mycobacteriaceae.[1] The species was first isolated from striped bass (Morone saxatilis).[2]
Taxonomy
Mycobacterium shottsii was first isolated from striped bass with granulomatous disease in Chesapeake Bay.[2] M. shottsii was validly described as a novel species of Mycobacterium in 2003 on the basis of 16S rRNA, growth, and phenotypic characteristics.[1] The species was named after the American fish bacteriologist Emmett Shotts.
Description
Mycobacterium shottsii grows on Middlebrook 7H10 agar. Due to its slow growth rate, colonies take 4 to 6 weeks to become visible.[1] The species has an optimum growth temperature of 23 °C and is unable to grow at 37 °C.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rhodes, Martha W.; Kator, Howard; Kotob, Shaban; van Berkum, Peter; Kaattari, Ilsa; Vogelbein, Wolfgang; Quinn, Frederick; Floyd, Margaret M.; Butler, W. Ray; Ottinger, Christopher A. (2003). "Mycobacterium shottsii sp. nov., a slowly growing species isolated from Chesapeake Bay striped bass (Morone saxatilis)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (Pt 2): 421–424. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02299-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12710607.
- 1 2 Rhodes, M. W.; Kator, H.; Kotob, S.; van Berkum, P.; Kaattari, I.; Vogelbein, W.; Floyd, M. M.; Butler, W. R.; Quinn, F. D.; Ottinger, C.; Shotts, E. (2001). "A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis)". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 7 (5): 896–899. doi:10.3201/eid0705.017523. ISSN 1080-6040. PMC 2631865. PMID 11747708.