Differentiation of Mycobacterium ulcerans, M. marinum, and M. haemophilum: Mapping of their relationships to M. tuberculosis by fatty acid profile analysis, DNA-DNA hybridization, and 16s rRNA gene sequence analysis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 918-925

  Tonjum T ^a,d   Welty, D B ^b   Jantzen, E ^c   Small, P L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FATTY ACID;

ARTICLE; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE SEQUENCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MYCOBACTERIUM HAEMOPHILUM; MYCOBACTERIUM MARINUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS;

EID: 0031943169     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.4.918-925.1998     Document Type: Article

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