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Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov.
Author(s) -
Tsukamura Michio,
Mizuno Shoji,
Gane N. F. F.,
Mills A.,
King L.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
japanese journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0021-5139
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1971.tb00598.x
Subject(s) - sputum , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , pulmonary disease , tuberculosis , bacteria , medicine , pathology , genetics
A number of rapid‐growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria were isolated from the sputum specimen of Rhodesian patients with pulmonary disease and recognized as a new species. This was given the name Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov. A comparison between M. rhodesiae, M. parafortuitum, M. aurum and M. vaccae was done, and distinguishing characters serving for differentiation between these 4 species of rapid‐growing scotochromogenic mycobacteria were described.