TABLE 1.
Mycobacterium isolates and their hosts
| Isolatea | Host | Originb | Groupc
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Identity to GenBank accession no. for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S rRNA | hsp65 | 16S rRNA | hsp65 | |||
| ATCC 927 | Unspecified fish | United States, marine, captive | C | CII | AF456240 | AF456470 |
| DL240490 | European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| DL150991 | European sea bass (D. labrax) | Israel, marine (MS), cultured | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| DL045d | European sea bass (D. labrax) | Greece, marine (MS), cultured | A | A | AF456241 | AF456471 |
| DL049d | European sea bass (D. labrax) | Greece, marine (MS), cultured | F | F | AF456242 | AF456472 |
| CF030494 | Butterfly fish (Chaetodon fasciatus) | Israel, marine (RS), captive | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| PP241194e | Sea bream (Puntazzo puntazzo) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | ||||
| SO020195e | Red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | ||||
| SR250195 | Rabbit fish (Siganus rivulatus) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| DLDKf | European sea bass (D. labrax) | Denmark, marine, cultured | C | CII | AF456240 | AF456470 |
| MC110595e | Grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | ||||
| SA200695e | Gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | ||||
| Hybrid 270995g | Hybrid red sea bream (Pagrus major [female] × S. aurata [male]) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | A | AF456238 | ||
| EA040995g | White grouper (Epinephelus aeneus) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | A | AF456238 | ||
| SR300397g | Rabbit fish (S. rivulatus) | Israel, marine (RS), wild | A | AF456238 | ||
| SR030597 | Rabbit fish (S. rivulatus) | Israel, marine (RS), wild | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| EI100398g | Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) | Israel, marine (RS), captive | A | AF456238 | ||
| CC240299 | Koi (Cyprinus carpio) | Israel, freshwater, cultured | B | B | AF456239 | AF456469 |
| EA110499g | White grouper (E. aeneus) | Israel, marine (RS), cultured | A | AF456238 | ||
| BB170200 | Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) | Israel, freshwater, cultured | B | B | AF456239 | AF456469 |
| SV300500 | Lizard fish (Synodus variegatus) | Israel, marine (RS), wild | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| DL041200 | European sea bass (D. labrax) | Greece, marine (MS), cultured | A | A | AF456238 | AF456468 |
| 185-408h | Golden steaty (Acipenser baeri) | Holland, freshwater | G | G | AF152558j | AF456473 |
| 185-409h | Golden steaty (A. baeri) | Holland, freshwater | G | G | AF152558j | AF456473 |
| S4i | Snakehead (Channa striatus) | Thailand, freshwater | C | CIII | AF251565j | AF456474 |
| S267i | Snakehead (C. striatus) | Thailand, freshwater | C | CIII | AF251565j | AF456474 |
Unless otherwise indicated, isolates were from Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research Ltd., National Center for Mariculture, Eilat, Israel (the two first letters indicate the initials of the host genus and species; the digits indicate the date of isolation [daymonthyear]).
RS, Red Sea; MS, Mediterranean Sea.
Kindly provided by H. Nousias, Oceanos, Fish Health Center, Preveza, Greece.
Not included in the 16S rRNA and hsp65 gene sequence study.
Kindly provided by I. Dalsgaard, Fish Disease Laboratory, Danish Institute for Fisheries and Marine Research, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
Not included in the hsp65 gene sequence study.
Kindly provided by O. L. M. Haenen and D. Bakker, Laboratory of Fish Diseases, Institute for Animal Science and Health, Lelystad, Holland.
Kindly provided by A. Adams, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland.
Accession numbers are already available from GenBank.