Mycobacterium lacus
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| Mycobacterium lacus Turenne et al. 2002, ATCC BAA-323 |
Mycobacterium lacus
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[edit] Description
Large, dispersed acid-fast bacilli with prominent beading
Colony characteristics
- Colonies on Löwenstein-Jensen medium were nonchromogenic, small, with a dry appearance.
- On Middlebrook 7H10 agar, colonies are small, nonpigmented and smooth to rough, with a slightly irregular edge. Younger colonies appeared slightly transparent.
Physiology
- Growth was observed on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 2 weeks at both 37 and 42 °C and at 3 weeks at 30 °C. At 4 weeks, very little growth was observed at 25 °C, and no growth was observed at 52 °C.
[edit] Pathogenesis
- Causitive agent of bursitis in an immunocompetant individual.
[edit] Type Strain
- Isolated from synovial tissue from a 68-year-old female with bursitis of her right elbow. Likely exposure was in a lake.
Strain NRCM 00-255 = ATCC BAA-323 = DSM 44577
[edit] References
- Turenne et al. 2002. Mycobacterium lacus sp. nov., a novel slowly growing, non-chromogenic clinical isolate. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 52, 2135-2140.
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