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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1467-1476, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1467-1476.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov., a Proposed New Species Causing Sepsis

Mireille M. Kattar,1 Brad T. Cookson,1,2 LaDonna C. Carlson,1 Susan K. Stiglich,1 Margot A. Schwartz,3 Trang T. Nguyen,1 Riza Daza,1 Carolyn K. Wallis,1 Stuart L. Yarfitz,4 and Marie B. Coyle1,2,*

Departments of Laboratory Medicine,1 Microbiology,2 and Medicine,3 Division of Infectious Disease, and Department of Medical Education, Division of Bioinformatics,4 University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Received 12 July 2000/Returned for modification 23 October 2000/Accepted 28 January 2001

We have isolated a gram-positive, weakly acid-alcohol-fast, irregular rod-shaped bacterium from cultures of blood from a 5-year-old girl with acute myelogenous leukemia. This isolate was compared with 14 other strains including reference strains of Tsukamurella species by a polyphasic approach based on physiological and biochemical properties, whole-cell short-chain fatty acid and mycolic acid analyses, DNA-DNA hybridization, and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. This isolate represents a new taxon within the genus Tsukamurella for which we propose the name Tsukamurella strandjordae sp. nov. Our study also revealed that Tsukamurella paurometabola ATCC 25938 represents a misnamed Tsukamurella inchonensis isolate and confirms that Tsukamurella wratislaviensis belongs to the genus Rhodococcus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Box 359743, 325 Ninth Ave., Seattle, WA 98104. Phone: (206) 731-3311. Fax: (206) 731-3930. E-mail: mbcoyle{at}u.washington.edu.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2001, p. 1467-1476, Vol. 39, No. 4
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.4.1467-1476.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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