Tsukamurella paurometabola DSM 20162

Tsukamurella paurometabola (strain ATCC 8368 / DSM 20162 / JCM 10117 / NBRC 16120 / NCTC 13040) is an aerobic, weakly acid-fast, pleomorphic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from mycetomes and ovaries of bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) and also found in soil and sludge. It is a member of the nocardioform actinomycetes and is closely related to the genus Mycobacterium. This organism has been isolated from cases of systemic infection, usually in association with other diseases. Cases of human infection with T. paurometabola are infrequent, nevertheless diagnosis rates are increasing, typically in patients with underlying predisposing factors including immunosupression, chronic pathology and indwelling foreign bodies. Thus it is a novel pathogen causing catheter-related bacteremia in patients with cancer. (Adapted from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/genomeprj?Db=genomeprj&cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=29399 and PMID: 1571430). (EBI Integr8)