Mycobacterium fortuitum Cruz from the tropical fish Hyphessobrycon innesi
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Abstract
Mycobacterium fortuitum, a rapid-growing, acid-fast bacillus, isolated from a cold abscess of human origin was described by Cruz (1938). Gordon and Smith (1955), in a taxonomic study embracing a group of acid-fast bacteria capable of relatively rapid growth on ordinary media, classified a number of cultures in their collection as M. fortuitum Cruz. In this group were strains isolated from human beings, cattle, soil, and cold-blooded animals including marine fishes. The present study was undertaken to determine the identity of a rapid-growing, acid-fast bacillus isolated at the New York Aquarium from lesions present in a population of freshwater tropical fishes commonly known as the Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon innesi). The symptomatology and pathology of this disease have been described by Nigrelli (1953).
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Mycobacterium fortuitum Cruz from the tropical fish Hyphessobrycon innesi |
| Series title | Journal of Bacteriology |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1959 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
| Contributing office(s) | Western Fisheries Research Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 392 |
| Last page | 395 |
| Online Only (Y/N) | N |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | N |
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