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1Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 3000 Hannover 61, Germany
2Forschungsinstitut Borstel, 2061 Borstel, Germany
3Institut für Allgemeine Mikrobiologie, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, 2300 Kiel, Germany
4Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, 3300 Braunschweig, Germany
* Corresponding author.
ABSTRACT
Strains of a new type of slowly growing mycobacterium were repeatedly isolated from sputum from a patient with pulmonary disease. This photochromogenic organism grew at 22, 31, 37, and 41°C, possessed catalase, acid phosphatase, esterase, β-galactosidase, and arylsulfatase activities, and hydrolyzed Tween. It did not produce nicotinic acid or have nitrate reductase, acetamidase, benzamidase, isonicotinamidase, nicotinamidase, pyrazinamidase, succinidamidase, and acid phosphatase activities. Urease activity was variable. The organism is susceptible to ethambutol and resistant to isoniazid and streptomycin. A mycolic acid analysis revealed the presence of 
-mycolates, -mycolates, and keto-mycolates. The results of comparative 16S rRNA sequencing placed this organism at an intermediate position between the rapidly and slowly growing mycobacteria. On the basis of the pattern of enzymatic activities and metabolic properties, the results of fatty acid analyses, and the unique 16S rRNA sequence, we propose that this organism represents a new species, for which we propose the name Mycobacterium intermedium. The type strain is strain 1669/91; a culture of this strain has been deposited in the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen as strain DSM 44049.
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