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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4530-4535, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4530-4535.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Nocardia mexicana sp. nov., a New Pathogen Isolated from Human Mycetomas

Verónica Rodríguez-Nava,1 Andrée Couble,1 Claudie Molinard,1 Horacio Sandoval,2 Patrick Boiron,1 and Frédéric Laurent1*

UMR CNRS 5557, Center for Microbial Ecology, Opportunistic Pathogens and Environment Research Group, Observatoire Français des Nocardioses, Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies Industrielles, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France,1 Laboratorio de Producción de Biológicos, Departamento de Sistemas Biológicos, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Xochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico2

Received 4 March 2004/ Returned for modification 20 April 2004/ Accepted 23 June 2004

Three isolates collected from human mycetomas and showing an unusual brownish purple pigmentation on Bennett agar plates were analyzed by a polyphasic taxonomic approach, including morphological, biochemical, physiological, and chemotaxonomic properties coupled with genomic and phylogenetic analysis. It clearly appeared that these microorganisms were distinct from their closest phenotypic and genetic match, the most related species according to 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis being Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis. The data obtained indicated that the three clinical strains should be recognized as a new species for which the name Nocardia mexicana sp. nov. is proposed.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Mycologie Fondamentale et Appliquée aux Biotechnologies Industrielles-UMR CNRS 5557, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 8 Avenue Rockefeller, 69373 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Phone: (33) (0) 4-78-77-70-00. Fax: (33) (0) 4-78-77-72-12. E-mail: flaurent{at}ch-bourg01.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2004, p. 4530-4535, Vol. 42, No. 10
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.10.4530-4535.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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