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Strains of M. fortuitum, M. abscessus, and M. borstelense showed different polyacrylamide gel electrophoretic patterns of their cell proteins. M. fortuitum strains could easily be distinguished from those of M. abscessus and M. borstelense, and they appear to belong to a single homogeneous group. M. abscessus and M. borstelense gels showed similar patterns, thus tending to confirm recent suggestions that they both belong to one and the same species, the correct name of which is M. chelonei. The classification of the rapidly growing mycobacteria Mycobacterium fortuitum, M. abscessus, and M. borstelense has recently received considerable attention. It is generally accepted that M. fortuitum is a separate species. Earlier differences of opinidn about the status of M. abscessus and M. borstelense have been resolved. Although Tsukamura (14), on the basis of biochemical and cultural character- istics, initially considered them to be separate species, Jenkins et al. (5), using lipid chroma- t ograp h y and ser o-agglu t ina t ion, conch de d that M. borstelense is a variety (subspecies) of M. abscessus. Stanford and Beck (12) and more recently Stanford et al. (13) and Gruft and Henning (2) regarded them as belonging to one species, for which the correct name appears to be M. chelonei. An international cooperative study confirmed this view (6). Genetic relatedness, as demonstrated by gene compatibility or deoxyribonucleic acid base- sequence analysis, has been suggested as a basis for bacterial taxonomy. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of cell proteins has been shown to reflect such genetic relatedness and to be of taxonomic value in the classification and identification of mycoplasmas (1 0), of Entero- bacteriaceae (1 l), and of mycobacteria (3). We therefore decided to examine the polyacryl- amide gel electrophoretic patterns of the cell proteins of strains of M. fortuitum, M. absces- sus, and M. borstelense.

international journal of systematic bacteriology

Identification of Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium abscessus, and Mycobacterium borstelense by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis of Their Cell Proteins