Table 1 Characteristics of bacteria tested in this study.
“M. shinshuense” | M. ulcerans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATCC 33728 | MU-4 | MU-8 | |||
ShT-P (pigmented) | ShT-N (non-pigmented) | Sh-753 | |||
Mycolactone production | + | − | + | + | − |
Colony: | |||||
Color (pigmentation) | + | − | + | + | − |
Morphology | R | R | R | R | R |
Growth on 2% Ogawa medium slant | |||||
14 days | + | + | + | − | − |
30 days | + | + | + | + | + |
Growth at: | |||||
25 °C | + | + | + | + | + |
32 °C | + | + | + | + | + |
37 °C | − | − | − | − | − |
42 °C | − | − | − | − | − |
Growth on 500 μg/ml p-nitrobenzoic acid | − | − | − | − | − |
Growth on NaCl medium (5%) | − | − | − | − | − |
Tween 80 hydrolysis | − | − | − | − | − |
Nitrate reduction | − | − | − | − | − |
Arylsulfatase | − | − | − | − | − |
Pyrazinamidase | − | − | − | − | − |
Iron uptake | − | − | − | − | − |
MPB64 Ag production | − | − | − | − | − |
Semi−quantitative catalase | + | + | + | + | + |
68 °C catalase | + | + | + | + | + |
Urease | + | + | + | − | − |
