Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43283, ATCC 14472, Magnussen 921)

Name: Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43283, ATCC 14472, Magnussen 921)
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BacDive ID 8561

Type strain

Strain Designation Magnussen 921, Schering 237, 380, 30

Culture col. no. DSM 43283 ATCC 14472 Magnussen 921 JCM 6390 Schering 237 2 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1774

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

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Mycobacterium chelonae Magnussen 921 is a mesophilic human pathogen that was isolated from sputum.

mesophilic human pathogen 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 36088

CT1978-06994,ATCC 14472,DSM 43283,JCM 6390,NCTC 10269

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:52

Domain Bacillati

Phylum Actinomycetota

Class Actinomycetes

Order Mycobacteriales

Family Mycobacteriaceae

Genus Mycobacterium

Species Mycobacterium chelonae

Full scientific name Mycobacterium chelonae corrig. Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Mycobacterium chelonei
Mycobacteroides chelonae

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Mycobacterium chelonae** (19)	Type strain
8570	M. chelonae RAMC, Friedman, 14 042 0003, 1544, DSM 43804, ... (type strain)
159823	M. chelonae MOTT36W, KCTC 29127, JCM 32454 (type strain)
8413	M. chelonae CCUG 27981, DSM 44159, ATCC 35750, TMC 1537, ...
8560	M. chelonae 10546, DSM 43217, ATCC 19236, SN 281R
8562	M. chelonae DSM 43483, ATCC 19535, SN 282
8563	M. chelonae DSM 43484, ATCC 19536, SN 283
8564	M. chelonae DSM 43485, ATCC 19537, SN 284
8565	M. chelonae DSM 43486, ATCC 19538, SN 285
8567	M. chelonae DSM 43488, ATCC 19539, SN 287
8568	M. chelonae DSM 43489, ATCC 19540, IMET 10657, SN 288
8569	M. chelonae DSM 43490, SN 289
8571	M. chelonae 788, DSM 46627, IMET 10611
104250	M. chelonae STI07275(IMET), N95,
104251	M. chelonae STI07367(IMET),
145252	M. chelonae CCUG 27980, TMC 1524
145273	M. chelonae CCUG 28057
147791	M. chelonae CCUG 34239
148520	M. chelonae CCUG 35585
149487	M. chelonae CCUG 37827

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
10925	MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: MIDDLEBROOK MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 645) Composition: Bacto Middlebrook 7H10 agar 20.9945 g/l Glycerol Distilled water
10925	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
10925	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
10925	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
10925	sputum	South Carolina	USA	USA	North America
67770	Sputum of a patient with pulmonary lesion

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence LC149865 (>99% sequence identity) for Mycobacteroides from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	6199
Soil Samples	7046
Animal Samples	7007
Plant Samples	1742
Total Samples	21994

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Pathogenicity human	Pathogenicity animal	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
10925			2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	M.chelonase 16S ribosomal RNA gene	M59280	145	1774
20218	Mycobacterium [chelonae] ATCC 14472 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	U92090	883	405840
20218	Mycobacterium peregrinum 16S rRNA gene	X52921	1449	43304
67770	Mycobacterium abscessus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 6390	LC149865	1454	36809

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Stress	Heat susceptibility of aquatic mycobacteria.	Schulze-Robbecke R, Buchholtz K.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.58.6.1869-1873.1992	1992
	Sudapyridine (WX-081) antibacterial activity against Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium abscessus, and Mycobacterium chelonae in vitro and in vivo.	Zheng L, Wang H, Qi X, Zhang W, Wang B, Fu L, Chen X, Chen X, Lu Y.	mSphere	10.1128/msphere.00518-23	2024
	Efficacy of PBTZ169 and pretomanid against Mycobacterium avium, Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium chelonae, and Mycobacterium fortuitum in BALB/c mice models.	Zheng L, Qi X, Zhang W, Wang H, Fu L, Wang B, Chen X, Chen X, Lu Y.	Front Cell Infect Microbiol	10.3389/fcimb.2023.1115530	2023
	In Vitro Antimicrobial Activities of Tigecycline, Eravacycline, Omadacycline, and Sarecycline against Rapidly Growing Mycobacteria.	Zhang T, Du J, Dong L, Wang F, Zhao L, Jia J, Wang C, Cheng M, Yu X, Huang H.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.03238-22	2023
	In Vitro Activity of the Sudapyridine (WX-081) against Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated in Beijing, China.	Zhu R, Shang Y, Chen S, Xiao H, Ren R, Wang F, Xue Y, Li L, Li Y, Chu N, Huang H.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.01372-22	2022
	In vitro and intracellular inhibitory activities of nosiheptide against Mycobacterium abscessus.	Zhu R, Yu X, Zhang T, Kong Y, Wang F, Jia J, Xue Y, Huang H.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.926361	2022
Pathogenicity	In Vitro Activities of Bedaquiline and Delamanid against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated in Beijing, China.	Yu X, Gao X, Li C, Luo J, Wen S, Zhang T, Ma Y, Dong L, Wang F, Huang H.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00031-19	2019
	Acidochromogenicity is a common characteristic in nontuberculous mycobacteria.	Saviola B, Felton J.	BMC Res Notes	10.1186/1756-0500-4-466	2011
Pathogenicity	In vitro activity of bedaquiline against rapidly growing nontuberculous mycobacteria.	Aguilar-Ayala DA, Cnockaert M, Andre E, Andries K, Gonzalez-Y-Merchand JA, Vandamme P, Palomino JC, Martin A.	J Med Microbiol	10.1099/jmm.0.000537	2017
Pathogenicity	Evaluation of mycobactericidal activity of selected chemical disinfectants and antiseptics according to European standards.	Bocian E, Grzybowska W, Tyski S.	Med Sci Monit	10.12659/msm.890175	2014
Pathogenicity	In Vitro Activity of Clofazimine against Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Isolated in Beijing, China.	Luo J, Yu X, Jiang G, Fu Y, Huo F, Ma Y, Wang F, Shang Y, Liang Q, Xue Y, Huang H.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00072-18	2018
Phylogeny	rpoB-based identification of nonpigmented and late-pigmenting rapidly growing mycobacteria.	Adekambi T, Colson P, Drancourt M.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.41.12.5699-5708.2003	2003
Phylogeny	hsp65 sequencing for identification of rapidly growing mycobacteria.	Ringuet H, Akoua-Koffi C, Honore S, Varnerot A, Vincent V, Berche P, Gaillard JL, Pierre-Audigier C.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.37.3.852-857.1999	1999
Enzymology	High-performance liquid chromatography patterns of mycolic acids as criteria for identification of Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium fortuitum, and Mycobacterium smegmatis.	Butler WR, Kilburn JO.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.28.9.2094-2098.1990	1990
Phylogeny	Biochip system for rapid and accurate identification of mycobacterial species from isolates and sputum.	Zhu L, Jiang G, Wang S, Wang C, Li Q, Yu H, Zhou Y, Zhao B, Huang H, Xing W, Mitchelson K, Cheng J, Zhao Y, Guo Y.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.00158-10	2010
Pathogenicity	Evaluation of Etest for susceptibility testing of rapidly growing mycobacteria.	Biehle JR, Cavalieri SJ, Saubolle MA, Getsinger LJ.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.33.7.1760-1764.1995	1995
Phylogeny	Characterization of a trinucleotide repeat sequence (CGG)5 and potential use in restriction fragment length polymorphism typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.	Otsuka Y, Parniewski P, Zwolska Z, Kai M, Fujino T, Kirikae F, Toyota E, Kudo K, Kuratsuji T, Kirikae T.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.42.8.3538-3548.2004	2004
Enzymology	Detection and identification of mycobacteria in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues by nested PCR and restriction enzyme analysis.	Bascunana CR, Belak K.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.34.10.2351-2355.1996	1996
	Compilation of small ribosomal subunit RNA structures.	Neefs JM, Van de Peer Y, De Rijk P, Chapelle S, De Wachter R.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/21.13.3025	1993

References

#10925	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 43283
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Mycobacterium chelonae (DSM 43283, ATCC 14472, Magnussen 921)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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