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DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID RELATEDNESS AMONG SPECIES OF RAPIDLY GROWING MYCOBACTERIA
Author(s) -
BAESS INGA
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1982.tb00133.x
Subject(s) - dna , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
The DNA‐DNA homology percentages obtained in this study indicate that M. smegmatis, M. phlei, M. fortuitum, M. peregrinum, M. senegalense, M. farcinogenes, M. chelonei, M. parafortuitum, M. vaccae, M. diernhoferi and M. aurum are separate species. Taxonomically there is no justification for the designation M. fortuitum complex, and M. peregrinum should be revived as an independent species. The type strains of M. parafortuitum, M. vaccae, M. aurum and the non‐valid M. diernhoferi are so distinct from each other that they should not be combined.