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Genomic and phenotypic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ closest-related non-tuberculous mycobacteria

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ABSTRACT Four species of non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) rated as biosafety level 1 or 2 (BSL-1/BSL-2) organisms and showing higher genomic similarity with Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) than previous comparator species Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium marinum were subjected to genomic and phenotypic characterization. These species named Mycobacterium decipiens , Mycobacterium lacus , Mycobacterium riyadhense, and Mycobacterium shinjukuense might represent “missing links” between low-virulent mycobacterial opportunists and the highly virulent obligate pathogen Mtb . We confirmed that M. decipiens is the closest NTM species to Mtb currently known and found that it has an optimal growth temperature of 32°C–35°C and not 37°C. M. decipiens showed resistance to rifampicin, isoniazid, and ethambutol, whereas M. lacus and M. riyadhense showed resistance to isoniazid and ethambutol. M. shinjukuense was sensitive to all three first-line TB drugs, and all four species were sensitive to bedaquiline, a third-generation anti-TB drug. Our results suggest these four NTM may be useful models for the identification and study of new anti-TB molecules, facilitated by their culture under non-BSL-3 conditions as compared to Mtb. M. riyadhense was the most virulent of the four species in cellular and mouse infection models. M. decipiens also multiplied in THP-1 cells at 35°C but was growth impaired at 37°C. Genomic comparisons showed that the espACD locus, essential for the secretion of ESX-1 proteins in Mtb , was present only in M. decipiens , which was able to secrete ESAT-6 and CFP-10, whereas secretion of these antigens varied in the other species, making the four species interesting examples for studying ESX-1 secretion mechanisms. IMPORTANCE In this work, we investigated recently identified opportunistic mycobacterial pathogens that are genomically more closely related to Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( Mtb ) than previously used comparator species Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium marinum . We confirmed that Mycobacterium decipiens is the currently closest known species to the tubercle bacilli, represented by Mycobacterium canettii and Mtb strains. Surprisingly, the reference strain of Mycobacterium riyadhense (DSM 45176), which was purchased as a biosafety level 1 (BSL-1)-rated organism, was the most virulent of the four species in the tested cellular and mouse infection models, suggesting that a BSL-2 rating might be more appropriate for this strain than the current BSL-1 rating. Our work establishes the four NTM species as interesting study models to obtain new insights into the evolutionary mechanisms and phenotypic particularities of mycobacterial pathogens that likely have also impacted the evolution of the key pathogen Mtb .
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pasteur-04609394 , version 1 (12-06-2024)

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Camille Sous, Wafa Frigui, Alexandre Pawlik, Fadel Sayes, Laurence Ma, et al.. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis’ closest-related non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Microbiology Spectrum, 2024, 12 (6), pp.1235-1248. ⟨10.1128/spectrum.04126-23⟩. ⟨pasteur-04609394⟩
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