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. 2001 Sep-Oct;7(5):896–899. doi: 10.3201/eid0705.017523

A unique Mycobacterium species isolated from an epizootic of striped bass (Morone saxatilis).

M W Rhodes 1, H Kator 1, S Kotob 1, P van Berkum 1, I Kaattari 1, W Vogelbein 1, M M Floyd 1, W R Butler 1, F D Quinn 1, C Ottinger 1, E Shotts 1
PMCID: PMC2631865  PMID: 11747708

Abstract

We isolated a Mycobacterium sp. resembling Mycobacterium marinum and M. ulcerans from diseased striped bass (Morone saxatilis) during an epizootic of mycobacteriosis in the Chesapeake Bay. This isolate may represent an undescribed Mycobacterium species, based on phenotypic characteristics and comparative 16S rRNA gene sequence.

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