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A Waterborne Actinomycete Resembling Strains Causing Mycetoma
Author(s) -
Lawson Ellen N.,
Davey Lorna M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1972.tb03714.x
Subject(s) - mycetoma , indigenous , biology , population , geography , archaeology , ecology , demography , sociology , medicine , surgery
S ummary : An actinomycete, closely resembling strains of Actinomadura madurae causing mycetoma, was isolated from a stream in South Africa. The organism was present in all water samples collected monthly for a year. It is considered to be indigenous in the stream because its population density was not influenced by water run‐off from the soil into the stream or by organic pollution.