Mycobacterium montefiorense

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| taxon = Mycobacterium montefiorense

| authority = Levi et al. 2003, ATCC BAA-256

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Mycobacterium montefiorense is a species of bacteria which cause granulomatous skin disease of moray eels.{{cite journal|doi=10.1128/JCM.41.5.2147-2152.2003|pmid=12734264|title=Characterization of Mycobacterium montefiorense sp. nov., a Novel Pathogenic Mycobacterium from Moray Eels That is Related to Mycobacterium triplex|journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology|volume=41|issue=5|pages=2147–2152|year=2003|last1=Levi|first1=M. H.|last2=Bartell|first2=J.|last3=Gandolfo|first3=L.|last4=Smole|first4=S. C.|last5=Costa|first5=S. F.|last6=Weiss|first6=L. M.|last7=Johnson|first7=L. K.|last8=Osterhout|first8=G.|last9=Herbst|first9=L. H.|pmc=154687}} Sequence analysis, of the 16S rRNA gene reveals M. montefiorense is most closely related to Mycobacterium triplex, an opportunistic pathogen of humans.

M. montefiorense was named after the Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, N.Y., the medical institution where it was isolated.