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Mycobacterium mageritense

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Mycobacterium mageritense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Mycobacteriales
Family: Mycobacteriaceae
Genus: Mycobacterium
Species:
M. mageritense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium mageritense
Domenech et al. 1997, ATCC 700351

Mycobacterium mageritense is a species of rapidly growing microorganism in the genus Mycobacterium.[1] This species causes Lymphadentis in children. In adults, M. mageritense causes pneumonia.[2]

Etymology

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Magerit, is Arabic for Madrid, where it was first isolated from human sputum.

Description

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This species is a gram-positive, nonmotile and strongly acid-fast rods.

Colony characteristics

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Their colonies are smooth, mucoid and nonphotochromogenic colonies.

Physiology

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Members of this species have rapid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium at 22 °C, 30 °C, 37 °C and 45 °C within 2–4 days. Their optimum growth at 30 °C and 37 °C. M. mageritense is resistant to isoniazid, cycloserine, capreomycin, pyrazinamide, and thiosemicarbazone. Most strains are also resistant to ethambutol.

Differential characteristics

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This species can be characterized by unique hsp65 gene, 16S rDNA and sodA sequences. They are closely related to M. fortuitum and M. peregrinum at the DNA homology level. They can also be differentiation from M. fortuitum by its growth at 45 °C and by its use of mannitol as a sole carbon source.

Pathogenesis

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It has a Biosafety level 1.

Type strain

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Mycobacterium mageritense was first isolated from a human (Homo spaien) sputum in Madrid.

Strain 938 = ATCC 700351 = CCUG 37984 = CIP 104973 = DSM 44476 = JCM 12375.

References

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  1. ^ Muñoz-Sanz, Agustín; Rodríguez-Vidigal, Francisco F.; Vera-Tomé, Araceli; Jiménez, María Soledad (2013-01-01). "Mycobacterium mageritense meningitis in an immunocompetent patient with an intrathecal catheter". Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (in Spanish). 31 (1): 59–60. doi:10.1016/j.eimc.2012.05.007. ISSN 0213-005X.
  2. ^ García-Boyano, Miguel; Baquero-Artigao, Fernando; Toro, Carlos; Alguacil-Guillén, Marina; Lázaro-Perona, Fernando; Calvo, Cristina. "Mycobacterium mageritense Lymphadenitis in Child - Volume 28, Number 3—March 2022 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC". doi:10.3201/eid2803.211486. PMC 8888222. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Domenech et al. 1997. Mycobacterium mageritense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 47, 535–540.
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