The Isolation of Mycobacterium avium Complex from Soil, Water, and Dusts

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 733-739

  Satoshi, Ichiyama ^a   Shimokata, Kaoru ^a   Tsukamura, Michio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; OFLOXACIN; WATER;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DUST; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; SOIL;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0023807638     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1988.tb01434.x     Document Type: Article

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