Presence of a single genotype of the newly described species Mycobacterium immunogenum in industrial metalworking fluids associated with hypersensitivity pneumonitis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 5580-5584

  Wallace Jr , Richard J ^a   Zhang, Yansheng ^a   Wilson, Rebecca W ^a   Mann, Linda ^a   Rossmoore, Harold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; DNA; EFFLUENTS; ENZYMES; GENES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (RFLP);

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

BACTERIUM;

ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; GENOTYPE; METAL INDUSTRY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM IMMUNOGENUM; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036841858     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.11.5580-5584.2002     Document Type: Article

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