A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria

Kubica, George P.; Baess, Inga; Gordon, Ruth E.; Jenkins, P. A.; Kwapinski, J; McDURMONT, C.; Pattyn, S. R.; Saito, Hajime; Silcox, Vella A.; Stanford, J. L.; Takeya, Kenji; Tsukamura, M

doi:10.1099/00221287-73-1-55

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“…Eighty of the test cultures were assigned to the 'rhodochrous complex' (Table 2a,b,c below) and of the 20 marker strains 12 had been classified in the genus Mycobacterium; most of them were rapidly growing mycobacteria belonging to Runyon's group IV (Kubica et al 1972) and eight were in the genus Nocardia (Table I). Where possible the marker strains were type cultures.…”

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A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Cultures Considered to Belong to the 'rhodochrous' Taxon

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Lind

Mordarska

et al. 1974

Journal of General Microbiology

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SUMMARYA co-operative taxonomic study has been performed on cultures belonging to the ' rhodochrous complex '. Phenetic data on 98 cultures (78 rhodochrous cultures, 12 marker cultures with the genus designation Mycobacterium and 8 with the designation Nocardia) studied in four laboratories were collected and analysed by numerical taxonomic methods. The precipitinogenic properties and the presence of different types of mycolic acids were analysed independently to establish correlation with the numerical classification. The chemotaxonomic and serological data correlated well with the numerical analyses. The rhodochrous taxon can be distinguished from the genera Mycobacterium and Nocardia, and from the proposed genus Actinomadura; furthermore, it can be divided into at least three homogeneous subgroups. Further studies however, are needed before the question of the generic location of the rhodochrous taxon can be settled and before the taxonomic status of the rhodochrous subclusters can be resolved.

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A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Cultures Considered to Belong to the 'rhodochrous' Taxon

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Journal of General Microbiology

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“…Two subspecies, cheLonae and abscessu.s. have been identified (11), although recent DNA studies suggest that they should be considered as distinct species (12) . M cheLonaewas first reported as a cause of human disease by Moore and Frerichs in 1953 (13).…”

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Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Presenting as Progressive Multifocal Osteomyelitis: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Oelberg

Mendelson

Miller

et al. 1993

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiolog

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“…In the former cooperative study, Kubica et al (5) suggested that strains containing representative cultures of both M . uaccae (2) and M .…”

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Cooperative Numerical Analysis of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria: The Second Report

Saito

Gordon

Juhlin

et al. 1977

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

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The second cooperative numerical taxonomic analysis of Runyon group IV rapidly growing mycobacteria was facilitated by combining the results of 12 individual participants, each performing one or more of the selected tests by his or her own choice of method. The 177 characters were coded for analysis and the matching matrix was generated. Eight of nine clusters which were defined in this investigation were of previously named species. The recognized clusters were as follows: Mycobacterium flavescens, M . vaccae, M . chitae, M . thermoresistibile, and M . smegmatis. One large cluster, designated "M. parafortuitum complex" was noted which contained strains representative of taxa earlier identified as M . parafortuitum, M . diernhoferi, M . aurum, M . neoaurum, and a cluster of strains of unnamed species. It is suggested that segregation of species or subspecies within this complex not be attempted at this time.Since the earlier report of a cooperative numerical analysis of rapidly growing mycobacteria (51, several new taxa within this group of acid-fast bacilli have been reported. To determine the distinctiveness and precise definition of these new rapidly growing species, a second cooperative study by the International Working Group on Mycobacterial Taxonomy (IWGMT) was carried out by 12 different laboratories. As in previous cooperative studies (5, 17), the same "permissive" philosophy (17) was used; i.e., each participant was permitted to perform any tests that he or she chose. The only stipulations were that all investigators had to submit their raw data to the study coordinator for collation and numerical analyses, and none was allowed to remove his data once the final numerical analysis was completed. This report presents the results of this study. MATERIALS AND METHODSFifty-nine strains attributed to eight taxa of rapidly growing mycobacteria were examined. These strains are listed in Table 1 Yactae." Since our study began, one strain, ATCC 25795, at first called M . aurum, has become the type strain of M. neoaurum (12). In most instances, study strains were deposited directly with the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) by the laboratory of origin. In a few cases, cultures were submitted through the study coordinator to the ATCC. The deposited strains were given code numbers at ATCC, freeze-dried, and sent to 19 members in 10 different countries.Each investigator performed his series of selected tests on the set of cultures received. In the final analysis, data were submitted to the study coordinator by only 12 of these 19 participants. Data from nine participants were of non-immunoserological nature and were used for numerical analysis, whereas those of the remaining three participants were either of serological character or represented other data not easily coded for computer analysis. 75

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A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria

Cited by 147 publications

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A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Cultures Considered to Belong to the 'rhodochrous' Taxon

A Co-operative Numerical Analysis of Cultures Considered to Belong to the 'rhodochrous' Taxon

Disseminated Mycobacterium chelonae Infection Presenting as Progressive Multifocal Osteomyelitis: Report of Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

Cooperative Numerical Analysis of Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria: The Second Report

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