Open AccessFirst report of a mycolactone‐producing Mycobacterium infection in fish agriculture in Belgium
Author(s) -
Stragier Pieter,
Hermans Katleen,
Stinear Tim,
Portaels Françoise
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01264.x
Subject(s) - mycobacterium marinum , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , mycobacterium , bacteria , fishery , genetics
In the past few years, a mycolactone‐producing subgroup of the Mycobacterium marinum complex has been identified and analyzed. These IS 2404 ‐positive species cause pathology in frogs and fish. A recently isolated mycobacterial strain from a fish in Belgium was analyzed using a variety of molecular methods and the results were identical to those obtained from a mycolactone‐producing M. marinum from Israel.