Characteristics of Massilia timonae and Massilia timonae-like isolates from human patients, with an emended description of the species.

ABSTRACT: The description of Massilia timonae, a nonfermentative aerobic gram-negative rod, was based on a single strain. A subsequent report of a second isolate has been recently published. Phenotypic descriptions of these two strains were based primarily on commercial test kit results. We have identified three additional strains as M. timonae by 16S rRNA sequence analysis and have characterized them phenotypically in parallel with the type strain of M. timonae, CIP 105350, by conventional test methods. A fourth strain, designated M. timonae-like, was also characterized. All four strains were isolated from human patients: two were blood isolates, one was isolated from cerebrospinal fluid, and one was isolated from bone. The four strains and the type strain were quite similar phenotypically. However

SUBMITTER: Lindquist D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC149620 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature