Mycobacterial Diseases
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ISSN: 2161-1068
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ISSN: 2161-1068
+44 1478 350008
Mallika Lavania
Stanley Browne Laboratory, The Leprosy Mission Trust India TLM Community Hospital Nand Nagari,
Delhi
India
Commentary
Detection of Mycobacterium Gilvum First Time from the Bathing Water of Leprosy Patient from Purulia, West Bengal
Author(s): Mallika Lavania, Ravindra P Turankar, Itu Singh, Astha Nigam and Utpal Sengupta
Mallika Lavania, Ravindra P Turankar, Itu Singh, Astha Nigam and Utpal Sengupta
Introduction: Mycobacterium gilvum is a fast grower with smooth growth having pale yellow colour. This strain was first isolated from the sediment of the Grand Calumet River in North-western Indiana based on its ability to utilize pyrene, a toxic polycyclic hydrocarbon, as a growth substrate.
Methods: The identification and characterization of this isolate was done by various conventional and molecular tests including 16S rDNA sequencing. Sequencing of the nearly complete 16S rRNA gene revealed a unique organism M.glivum, distantly related to M.vaccae group. Blast results showed similarity of these sequences with M.gilvum.
Conclusion: Results might shed further light and its association with amoeba in the leprosy endemic area of this rare Mycobacterium species.
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DOI:
10.4172/2161-1068.1000201