Open AccessIdentities of Microbacterium spp. Encountered in Human Clinical Specimens
Author(s) -
Kathrina Gneiding,
Reinhard Frodl,
Guido Funke
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.01202-08
Subject(s) - microbacterium , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , strain (injury) , clone (java method) , bacteria , genetics , gene , 16s ribosomal rna , anatomy
In the present study, 50 strains of yellow-pigmented gram-positive rods that had been isolated from human clinical specimens and collected over a 5-year period were further characterized by phenotypic and molecular genetic methods. All 50 strains belonged to the genusMicrobacterium , and together they represented 18 different species.Microbacterium oxydans (n = 11),M. paraoxydans (n = 9), andM. foliorum (n = 7) represented more than half of the strains included in the present study. The isolation of strains belonging toM. hydrocarbonoxydans (n = 2),M. esteraromaticum (n = 1),M. oleivorans (n = 1),M. phyllosphaerae (n = 1), andM. thalassium (n = 1) from humans is reported for the first time.Microbacterium sp. strain VKM Ac-1389 (n = 1) and the previously unculturedMicrobacterium sp. clone YJQ-29 (n = 1) probably represent new species. Comprehensive antimicrobial susceptibility data are given for the 50Microbacterium isolates. This study is, so far, the largest onMicrobacterium spp. encountered in human clinical specimens and outlines the heterogeneity of clinicalMicrobacterium strains.