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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 1999, p. 852-857, Vol. 37, No. 3
0095-1137/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
hsp65 Sequencing for Identification of
Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria
H.
Ringuet,1
C.
Akoua-Koffi,1
S.
Honore,1
A.
Varnerot,2
V.
Vincent,2
P.
Berche,1
J. L.
Gaillard,1 and
C.
Pierre-Audigier1,*
Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital
Necker-Enfants Malades, 75015 Paris,1 and
Centre National de Référence des
Mycobactéries, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris,2 France
Received 20 May 1998/Returned for modification 25 June
1998/Accepted 19 November 1998
Partial sequencing of the hsp65 gene was used for the
identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria (RGM). A 441-bp fragment (A. Telenti, F. Marchesi, M. Balz, F. Bally, E. Böttger, and T. Bodmer, J. Clin. Microbiol. 31:175-178, 1993) was amplified and
sequenced by an automated fluorescence-based method involving capillary
electrophoresis. Type strains of 10 RGM species were first studied.
Each species had a unique nucleotide sequence, distinguishing it
clearly from the other species. A panel of strains from the four main
RGM species responsible for human infections, Mycobacterium
abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae,
Mycobacterium fortuitum, and Mycobacterium
peregrinum, was also studied. There were few sequence differences
within each of these species (<2% of bases were different from the
type strain sequence), and they had no effect on species assignment.
hsp65 sequencing unambiguously differentiated M. chelonae and M. abscessus, two species difficult to
identify by classical methods and 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The devised
procedure is a rapid and reliable tool for the identification of RGM species.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de
Microbiologie, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 rue de
Sèvres, 75743 Paris Cedex 15, France. Phone: (33) 01 44 49 49 61. Fax: (33) 01 44 49 49 60. E-mail: berche{at}necker.fr.
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