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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3420-3422, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Effect of Oxygen on Growth of Mycobacterium ulcerans in the BACTEC System

J. C. Palomino,1,* A. M. Obiang,1 L. Realini,1 W. M. Meyers,2 and F. Portaels1

Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium,1 and Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C. 20306-60002

Received 18 May 1998/Returned for modification 17 July 1998/Accepted 18 August 1998

The effect of low oxygen concentration on the growth of 15 strains of Mycobacterium ulcerans was evaluated in the BACTEC system. Reduced oxygen tension enhanced the growth of M. ulcerans, suggesting that this organism has a preference for microaerobic environments. Application of this observation may improve rates of isolation of M. ulcerans in primary culture from clinical samples and promote isolation of the bacterium from environmental sources.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Mycobacteriology Unit, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, Antwerp, Belgium. Phone: 32 (3) 247-63-20. Fax: 32 (3) 247-63-33. E-mail: palomino{at}microbiol.itg.be.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 1998, p. 3420-3422, Vol. 36, No. 11
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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