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The First Isolation of Nocardia veterana from a Human Mycetoma
Author(s) -
Kano Rui,
Hattori Yousuke,
Murakami Noboru,
Mine Naoko,
Kashima Masato,
Kroppenstedt Reiner M.,
Mizoguchi Masako,
Hasegawa Atsuhiko
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02713.x
Subject(s) - biology , nocardia , microbiology and biotechnology , 16s ribosomal rna , nocardiosis , agar , bacteria , strain (injury) , anatomy , genetics
The clinical isolates from biopsy specimen human subcutaneous nodule developed orange‐colored and wrinkled colonies on Sabouraud's dextrose agar at 24 C for 2 weeks. The isolates were aerobic and gram‐positive. The bacteria were rod‐shaped to coccoid and 1 × 5 μm in size. The assimilation tests revealed that the clinical isolate was identical to a reference strain of Nocardia veterana . A nucleotide sequence analysis of the 16S ribosomal DNA from the isolate and a reference strain of N. veterana showed 99.8% similarity. All data are consistent with the conclusion that the isolate in this human case of mycetoma is N. veterana .