Mycobacteroides chelonae

Mycobacteroides chelonae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Actinomycetota
Class:	Actinomycetia
Order:	Mycobacteriales
Family:	Mycobacteriaceae
Genus:	Mycobacteroides
Species:	M. chelonae
Binomial name
Mycobacteroides chelonae (Bergey et al. 1923) Gupta et al. 2018[1][2]
Type strain[3]
ATCC 35752 CCUG 47445 CIP 104535 CM 6388 DSM 43804 JCM 6388 NCTC 946
Synonyms[2]
Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) Mycobacterium chelonei Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Mycobacteroides chelonae (formerly Mycobacterium chelonae^[2]) is a species of bacteria from the phylum Actinomycetota belonging to the genus Mycobacteroides. Mycobacteroides chelonae is a rapidly growing mycobacterium that is found all throughout the environment, including sewage and tap water. It can occasionally cause opportunistic infections of humans. It is grouped in Runyon group IV.^[4]

The complete genome sequence of the M. chelonae CCUG 47445 type strain was deposited and published in DNA Data Bank of Japan, European Nucleotide Archive, and GenBank in 2016 under the accession number CP007220.^[5]

Epidemiology

Mycobacteroides chelonae abscesses associated with biomesotherapy, an alternative therapy practice. (The abscesses are at the biomesotherapy injection site.)

On average, two cases of nonpulmonary M. chelonae infection are reported in South Australia each year.^[6] This bacterium is capable of causing skin, soft tissue, and bone infections, particularly after trauma and surgery. It has been documented as a cause of breast infections after nipple piercing.

References

1. Skerman, V. B. D.; McGowan, V.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1980). "Approved Lists of Bacterial Names". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 30: 225–420. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
2. Gupta, Radhey S.; Lo, Brian; Son, Jeen (2018-02-13). "Phylogenomics and Comparative Genomic Studies Robustly Support Division of the Genus Mycobacterium into an Emended Genus Mycobacterium and Four Novel Genera". Frontiers in Microbiology. 9: 67. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00067. ISSN 1664-302X. PMC 5819568. PMID 29497402.
3. Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Mycobacteroides chelonae". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved June 24, 2022.
4. Mycobacterium chelonae at eMedicine
5. Jaén-Luchoro, Daniel; Salvà-Serra, Francisco; Aliaga-Lozano, Francisco; Seguí, Carolina; Busquets, Antonio; Ramírez, Antonio; Ruíz, Mikel; Gomila, Margarita; Lalucat, Jorge (2016-06-30). "Complete Genome Sequence of Mycobacterium chelonae Type Strain CCUG 47445, a Rapidly Growing Species of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria". Genome Announcements. 4 (3): e00550–16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00550-16. ISSN 2169-8287. PMC 4901242. PMID 27284158.
6. Ivan, Mihaela; Dancer, Craig; Koehler, Ann P.; Hobby, Michaela; Lease, Chris (2013). "Mycobacterium chelonae Abscesses Associated with Biomesotherapy, Australia, 2008". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 19 (9). doi:10.3201/eid1909.120898. PMC 3810901. PMID 23968779.

Further reading

• Holt, John G., ed. (1994). "Table 21.3 Characteristics differentiating the rapidly growing species and subspecies of Mycobacterium". Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (9th ed.). pp. 600–1. ISBN 978-0-683-00603-2.
• Hill, L. R.; Skerman, V. B. D.; Sneath, P. H. A. (1984). "Corrigenda to the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names: Edited for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 34 (4): 508–11. doi:10.1099/00207713-34-4-508.
• Strickland, Christopher; Jawad, Ali S.M. (2008). "Mycobacterium chelonae: A rare cause of subcutaneous nodules in a patient on long term corticosteroids". Grand Rounds. 8: 4–5. Retrieved 8 August 2016.

External links

• Type strain of Mycobacteroides chelonae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase