Abstract
Mycobacterium peregrinum is a nonpigmented rapid growing nontuberculosis species belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum group. The draft genome of M. peregrinum type I CSUR P2098 comprises 7,109,836 bp exhibiting a 66.23% G+C content, 6,894 protein-coding genes, and 100 predicted RNA genes. Its genome analysis suggests this species differs from Mycobacterium senegalense.
Highlights
Mycobacterium peregrinum is a nonpigmented rapid growing nontuberculosis species belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum group
Reported in 1962, Mycobacterium peregrinum [1] was officially described 30 years later as a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex [2, 3]. It was further divided into pipemidic acid-susceptible M. peregrinum type I and pipemidic acid-resistant M. peregrinum type II [4], regarded as a human strain of Mycobacterium senegalense [5]
We performed whole-genome sequencing of M. peregrinum CSUR P2098 strain, a type I, in order to firmly ensure its taxonomic relationships within the M. fortuitum complex
Summary
Mycobacterium peregrinum is a nonpigmented rapid growing nontuberculosis species belonging to the Mycobacterium fortuitum group. Reported in 1962, Mycobacterium peregrinum [1] was officially described 30 years later as a rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacterium in the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex [2, 3]. M. peregrinum accounts for only 1% to 2% of infections due to rapid growing mycobacteria [9,10,11,12,13]. We performed whole-genome sequencing of M. peregrinum CSUR P2098 strain, a type I, in order to firmly ensure its taxonomic relationships within the M. fortuitum complex.
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