TB Research

Mycobacterium nanjing sp. nov. Isolated from Cutaneous Infection, China

Zou Y, Mei Y, Zhang W, Shi Y, Jiang H, Huang Y, Wang H

Emerging infectious diseases · 2026-03

Abstract

We report a case of a cutaneous infection in an immunocompetent person in China caused by an uncharacterized Mycobacterium strain. The patient isolate was identified as a novel species by whole-genome sequencing. We propose Mycobacterium nanjing sp. nov. as the name for this new species.

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium
  • Mycobacterium Infections
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial
  • Phylogeny
  • Genome, Bacterial
  • China
  • Male
  • Whole Genome Sequencing