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Mycobacterium montefiorense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacterium
Species:	M. montefiorense
Binomial name
Mycobacterium montefiorense Levi et al. 2003, ATCC BAA-256

Mycobacterium montefiorense is a species of bacteria which cause granulomatous skin disease of moray eels. Sequence analysis, of the 16S rRNA gene reveals M. montefiorense is most closely related to Mycobacterium triplex, an opportunistic pathogen of humans.

M. montefiorense was named after the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., the medical institution where it was isolated.

Description

M. montefiorense are acid-fast rods which grow on Middlebrook 7H10 media at 25 °C to form small, transparent, slow-growing colonies.

M. montefiorense do not grow at temperatures above 30 °C.

The strain ATCC BAA-256 = CCUG 51898 = DSM 44602.

Pathogenesis

M. montefiorense has been demonstrated to cause granulomatous skin disease of moray eels.

References

1. ^ Levi, M. H.; Bartell, J.; Gandolfo, L.; Smole, S. C.; Costa, S. F.; Weiss, L. M.; Johnson, L. K.; Osterhout, G.; Herbst, L. H. (2003). "Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That is Related to Mycobacterium triplex". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (5): 2147–2152. doi:10.1128/JCM.41.5.2147-2152.2003. PMC 154687. PMID 12734264.

External links

• Type strain of Mycobacterium montefiorense at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

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