sentence: 8 The study suggests likely presence of M. lepromatosis in Europe in addition to the Americas and Asia , and raises the question of why there have been no reports of human infections with M. lepromatosis in Europe.Similar mycobacterial dermatitides in cows in France and in cats in Australia have been reported.9 10 The study of the cow agent analyzed portions of six conserved genes totaling 3,231 nucleotides.9 Judged from the GenBank deposits ( KJ095004 – KJ095009 ) , the five protein-coding genes matched 88 – 93 % in sequence with those of M. leprae and / or M. lepromatosis , and the 16S gene matched best with M. lepromatosis ( 98.4 % identity ) .