1. Cord Formation in a Clinical Isolate of Mycobacterium marinum▿
- Author
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John A. Branda and John F. Staropoli
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,Adult ,Cord ,Tuberculosis ,education ,Molecular Sequence Data ,Case Reports ,Microbiology ,Glycolipid ,medicine ,Humans ,Amino Acid Sequence ,Mycobacterium marinum ,Cord factor ,biology ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex ,Genes, Bacterial ,Cord Factors ,Nontuberculous mycobacteria ,Female ,Sequence Alignment ,Bacteria - Abstract
Cord formation is a characteristic property of the cultured Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex species. We describe a case of Mycobacterium marinum demonstrating robust cord formation. Nontuberculous mycobacteria can form true cords in broth culture but do so rarely, despite the fact that many species contain the cell wall glycolipid that mediates cord formation.
- Published
- 2008