Volume 26, Number 11—November 2020
Dispatch
Two New Cases of Pulmonary Infection by Mycobacterium shigaense, Japan
Shiomi Yoshida1
, Tomotada Iwamoto1, Takehiko Kobayashi1, Ryohei Nomoto, Yoshikazu Inoue, Kazunari Tsuyuguchi, and Katsuhiro Suzuki
, Tomotada Iwamoto1, Takehiko Kobayashi1, Ryohei Nomoto, Yoshikazu Inoue, Kazunari Tsuyuguchi, and Katsuhiro Suzuki
Table 1
Nucleotide identities of Mycobacterium species calculated by using average nucleotide identity BLAST ANI analysis*
| Strain |
Case 2, NB-type, KC354 |
Case 1, FC-type, KC8 |
M. shigaense JCM 32072T† |
M. shigaense SCY‡ |
M. triplex DSM 4426T |
M. simiae DSM 44165T |
| Case 2, NB-type, KC354 | 100.00 | 99.72 | 99.98 | 98.79 | 85.16 | 84.49 |
| Case 1, FC-type, KC8 | 99.72 | 100.00 | 99.97 | 99.76 | 85.16 | 84.48 |
| M. shigaense JCM 32072T† | 99.98 | 99.97 | 100.00 | 99.81 | 85.17 | 84.50 |
| M. shigaense SCY‡ | 99.79 | 99.76 | 99.81 | 100.00 | 85.18 | 84.49 |
| M. triplex DSM 44626T | 85.16 | 85.16 | 85.17 | 85.18 | 100.00 | 85.31 |
| M. simiae DSM 44165T | 84.49 | 84.48 | 84.50 | 84.19 | 85.31 | 100.00 |
*Values are percentages. ANI, average nucleotide identity; FC, fibrocavitary; NB, nodular bronchiectasis. †M. shigaense JCM 32072T was obtained from a skin biopsy specimen of a Japanese man ‡M. shigaense SCY was isolated from a skin biopsy specimen of a Chinese woman.
1These authors contributed equally to this article.
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