Isolation and identification of mycobacteria from soils at an illegal dumping site and landfills in Japan

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 513-524

  Wang, Yan ^a   Ogawa, Midori ^a   Fukuda, Kazumasa ^a   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^b   Taniguchi, Hatsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amoebal co culture; Hsp65; Landfills; Mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 65; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RNA 16S; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DUMPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; JAPAN; LANDFILL; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AUSTROAFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHUBUENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM FREDERIKSBERGENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MAGERITENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA CULBERTSONI; AMOEBA (GENUS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AUSTROAFRICANUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHLOROPHENOLICUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHUBUENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM FREDERIKSBERGENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM MAGERITENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM VANBAALENII;

EID: 33746345570     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: 13480421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2006.tb03821.x     Document Type: Article

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