First report of isolation of Mycobacterium novocastrense from water supplies |
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| Authors: | Ramin Dibaj Davood Azadi Masoumeh Karami Abass Daei Naser Hasan Shojaei |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, , Isfahan;2. Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, , Isfahan, Iran;3. Department of Microbiology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, , Tehran, Iran;4. Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, , Isfahan, Iran |
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| Abstract: | We herein present the first documented report associated with the isolation of Mycobacterium novocastrense from environment. The identification and characterization of four unrelated isolates, one from the surface water and the other three from hospital water, were achieved by various conventional and molecular tests including a genus‐specific PCR for Mycobacterium based on 65‐kDa heat shock protein (hsp) gene and 16S rDNA sequencing. Our findings might shed further light on the natural habitat of this rare Mycobacterium. |
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| Keywords: |
Mycobacterium
16S rDNA hsp65 |
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