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Impact of genotypic studies on mycobacterial taxonomy: the new mycobacteria of the 1990s.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Apr 2003
Tortoli Enrico
Abstract excerpt
The advancement of genetic techniques has greatly boosted taxonomic studies in recent years. Within the genus Mycobacterium, 42 new species have been detected since 1990, most of which were grown from clinical samples. Along with species for which relatively large numbers of strains have been reported, some of the new species of mycobacteria have been detected rarely or even only once. From the phenotypic point...
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