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Tatsuki Mura1, Takehisa Matsumoto2, Miyako Aso1
1Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kanazawa Medical University Hospital, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku, Ishikawa, 920-0293, Japan.
Abstract:
A hemin-requiring Proteus vulgaris small-colony variant (SCV) was isolated from a urine culture. This isolate was grown on 5% sheep blood agar but not on modified Drigalski agar. The single nucleotide substitution was found in the SCV of the hemC gene (c.55C > T), and this substitution caused a nonsense mutation (p.Gln19Ter). Porphyrin test results showed that the biosynthesis of δ-aminolevulinic acid stopped up to porphobilinogen and not pre-uroporphyrinogen due to a mutation in the hemC gene. To our knowledge, this is the first report of hemin-requiring P. vulgaris.
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