The Heat Stable Acid Phosphatase Activity of Mycobacteria

Saito, Hajime; Hosokawa, Hideaki; Tasaka, H

doi:10.3412/jsb.22.519

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“…Saito et al (14) reported that the test for heat-stable acid phosphatase activity is useful for differentiation between M. nonchromogenicum and M. terrae, and we found in this study that the resistance to bleomycin also is useful for such differentiation. By using the combination of these three characters, resistance to bleomycin, heatstable acid phosphatase activity, and nicotinamidase or pyrazinamidase activity or both, M. nonchromogenicum was differentiated from M. terrae (Table 4).…”

Section: Mycobacterium Nonchromogenicum As a New Lung Pathogensupporting

confidence: 72%

“…Resistance to bleomycin was found by the present study to be useful for differentiation between the two subgroups. Heat-stable acid phosphatase activity was reported by Saito et al (14) to be useful for differentiation between M. nonchromogenicum and M. terrae. Kappler (7) stated that the type strain of M. nonchromogenicum (M. terrae Tsukamura) showed nicotinamidase and pyrazinamidase activities, while the type strain of M. terrae Wayne did not.…”

Section: Cases Of Lung Infection Due To Mycobacterium Nonchromogenicummentioning

confidence: 99%

“…5-8, 10-57, 64-85, and 88 of the characters used in the previous study (29). The other three tests are as follows: 1, growth at 42 C; 2, resistance to bleomycin, 5 fJgfml (Ogawa egg medium); 3, heat-stable acid phosphatase activity (14).…”

Section: Strainsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Study of the Taxonomy of the Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Complex and Report of Six Cases of Lung Infection Due to Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum

Tsukamura

Kita

Otsuka

et al. 1983

Microbiology and Immunology

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In numerical classification, four species of the Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum complex, Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, M. terrae, M. novum, and M. triviale, formed one cluster. These four species appeared to be reduced to one species, Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum. Furthermore, relationships between the species were numerically analyzed by using the hypothetical median organism pattern. The results showed that the M. nonchromogenicum complex can be divided into two subgroups: M. nonchromogenicum and the other three. These two subgroups were differentiated from each other by scores based on two or more positive reactions in the following three characteristics: resistance to bleomycin (5 pgjml); heat-stable acid phosphatase activity; nicotinamidase or pyrazinamidase activity or both activities. M. nonchromogenicum gave two or three positive reactions among these three, and M. terrae, M. novum, and M. triviale gave two or three negative reactions.Three cases of lung infection due to M. nonchromogenicum, as well as three other cases of probable lung infection due to M. nonchromogenicum, were observed in this study. Only one organism isolated from one doubtful case was M. terrae. Up to now, M. nonchromogenicum was considered a nonpathogen. It was shown, however, that this organism causes lung infection in humans. Wayne 1966 (36), M. novum Tsukamura 1966, and M. triviale Kubica et al 1970 (8) are closely related, slowly growing, nonphotochromogenic mycobacteria (16, 24). They form one cluster in numerical classification (24), and, based on this finding, were named the Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum complex (28). These organisms have been considered nonpathogenic, but recently there appeared several papers reporting infections due to these organisms (2,3,5,6,26). As will be stated below, the causative organisms were not adequately identified in these studies. The reason is the uncertain knowledge of the taxonomy of these organisms. There exists, at present, no reliable method of identification of these organsims. The 219 Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Tsukamura 1965 (17), M. terrae

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Section: Mycobacterium Nonchromogenicum As a New Lung Pathogensupporting

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A Study of the Taxonomy of the Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum Complex and Report of Six Cases of Lung Infection Due to Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum

Tsukamura

Kita

Otsuka

et al. 1983

Microbiology and Immunology

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“…The role of most of these enzymes in the overall metabolism of mycobacteria is not clear. The enzymes include phosphatases (15,269,317,363,389), nicotinamidase and formidase (129, 136, 189-194, 208, 266), urease (18,286), arylsulfatase (285,(360)(361)(362), reductase (359,366,382), esterases (28, 395), and deaminase (434); special mention should be made about catalase and peroxidase in mycobacteria.…”

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Intermediary metabolism of mycobacteria.

Ramakrishnan¹,

Murthy²,

Gopinathan³

1972

Bacteriological Reviews

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“…Biochemical characteristics. The following tests were performed by the procedure outlined in the references listed: neutral red (3); niacin (13); Tween 80 hydrolysis (21); nitrate reduction (20); acid phosphatase (19); pH 5.0/70 C acid phosphatase (14); arylsulfatase (17); semiquantitative catalase (22); pH 7.0/68 C catalase (5); diamine (cadaverine, propylenediamine, and putrescinel-oxydase (2); and Bonicke's amidase series (1).…”

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confidence: 99%