Non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease associated with Mycobacterium montefiorense in salamanders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mycobacterium montefiorense is one of the causes of non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections in moray eels and salamanders. Although M. montefiorense infection could be a threat to salamanders, little information is available regarding this pathogen and associated infection. This study aimed to provide fundamental information regarding M. montefiorense and its infection in salamanders.

Methods

Nine M. montefiorense strains isolated from three species of salamanders, namely, Japanese black salamander (Hynobius nigrescens), Hakuba salamander (H. hidamontanus), and Tohoku hynobiid salamander (H. lichenatus), between 2010 and 2018, were characterized based on phenotypic and genetic examination. We also pathologically

SUBMITTER: Komine T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10637390 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature