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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 43, Issue 3 189-191, Copyright © 1995 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

16S rRNA sequence analysis of an isolate of Mycobacterium haemophilum from a heart transplant patient

C. H. Zappe, D. Barlow, H. Zappe, I. J. Bolton, D. Roditi and L. M. Steyn
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.

Biopsy samples from a heart transplant patient with cellulitis and bursitis yielded an isolate of Mycobacterium haemophilum. The isolate was identified on the basis of a growth requirement for haemin or ferric ammonium citrate, growth at 30 degrees C but not at 37 degrees C, negative catalase test, intracellular growth in McCoy fibroblasts and sequence identify with a portion of the 16S rRNA sequence of the type strain. In comparisons with known 16S rRNA sequences, M. haemophilum grouped with other pathogenic, slow-growing mycobacteria, showing close sequence similarity to M. marinum (98.8%) and lower similarity to M. ulcerans and M. tuberculosis complex organisms. M. haemophilum and M. marium share other features including optimal growth at 30 degrees C and the ability to cause superficial skin lesions in man.


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