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Mycobacterium senuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species closely related to the Mycobacterium terrae complex.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 Mar 2008
Mun Ho-Suk, Park Joo-Hee, Kim Hong, Yu Hee-Kyung, Park Young-Gil, Cha Chang-Yong, Kook Yoon-Hoh, Kim Bum-Joon
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A previously undescribed, slowly growing, non-chromogenic mycobacterium, isolated from a Korean patient with a symptomatic pulmonary infection, is described as representing a novel species. Its 16S rRNA gene sequence was unique and phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that this organism belonged to the Mycobacterium terrae subclade. Phenotypically, the strain was generally similar to M....
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