1Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Tehran, P. O. Box: 14155-6453, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, P. O. Box: 14155-6453, Tehran, Iran
3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
5Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Iran
*Email: v_akbarinejad@ut.ac.ir
Online published on 3 September, 2012.
An abattoir-harvested lung specimen of a 4-year-old dromedary was cultured. The obtained microorganism was assessed for its phenotypic and biochemical characteristics. The isolate was Gram-positive, rod-shaped, and non-acid fast. On sheep blood agar it displayed white and haemolytic colonies. It was catalase and CAMP positive, fermented glucose and xylose, hydrolysed urea and reduced nitrate. Genome DNA was isolated and purified, and 16S rRNA was amplified by PCR. The amplified isolate was sequenced and using the BLAST search tool from NCBI, the microorganism was recognised as Streptomyces mutabilis strain 13676F.
Camel lung, histopathology, Streptomyces mutabilis
