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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 39, Issue 4 255-261, Copyright © 1993 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

A new Brevibacterium sp. isolated from infected genital hair of patients with white piedra

M. E. McBride, K. M. Ellner, H. S. Black, J. E. Clarridge and J. E. Wolf
Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.

A new aerobic gram-positive non-sporeforming bacillus has been isolated from infected genital hair of patients with white piedra in association with Trichosporon beigelii. This species has been characterised morphologically, nutritionally, by DNA base composition, cell-wall analysis and cellular fatty-acid profile on the basis of 14 isolates. The G+C content of DNA is 63.05 mol%. Cell walls possess meso-diaminopimelic acid (Type IV) and the sugars glucose, galactose, xylose and ribose; mycolic acids are not present. The species has a distinct colonial and microscopic morphology, is strongly proteolytic and produces methanethiol. These findings and the cellular fatty-acid profile are compatible with the genus Brevibacterium. A new species is proposed based on the following characters: colonial and microscopic growth and morphology; conditions for rod-to-coccus cycle; ribose utilisation; and tellurite reduction. The type strain has been named Brevibacterium mcbrellneri E2cr (ATCC 49030). The strong proteolytic properties may be the mechanism of pathogenesis.


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