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Mycobacterium bohemicum sp. nov., a new slow-growing scotochromogenic mycobacterium.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1998
Reischl U, Emler S, Horak Z, Kaustova J, Kroppenstedt R M, Lehn N, Naumann L
Abstract excerpt
A new, slow-growing, scotochromogenic mycobacterium was isolated from sputum of a 53-year-old patient with Down's syndrome suffering from tuberculosis. Growth occurred at temperatures between 25 and 40 degrees C with an optimum at 37 degrees C. This strain had surprisingly few enzymic activities (only positive for 68 degrees C heat-stable catalase and weakly positive for urease) and was sensitive to...
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