A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: Characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa

International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1236-1245

  Van Soolingen, Dick ^a,f   Hoogenboezem, Theo ^b   De Haas, Petra E W ^a   Hermans, Peter W M ^b   Koedam, Marianne A ^c   Teppema, Koos S ^c   Brennan, Patrick J ^d   Besra, Gurdyal S ^d   Portaels, Francoise ^e   Top, Janetta ^f   Schouls, Leo M ^f   Van Embden, Jan D A ^f  

^a Diagn Lab Infect Dis P   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Genetics   (Netherlands)

^d Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPID COMPOSITION; LYMPHADENITIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMALIA; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0030870296     PISSN: 00207713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-47-4-1236     Document Type: Article

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