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Mycobacterium rhodesiae sp. nov. |
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| Authors: | Michio Tsukamura Shoji Mizuno N. F. F. Gane A. Mills L. King |
| Abstract: | 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. |
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