Environmental mycobacteria from alpine and subalpine habitats

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-347

  Thorel, Marie Francoise ^a   Falkinham III, Joseph O ^b   Moreau, R G ^c  

^a Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine habitats; Environmental mycobacteria; Growth temperature

Indexed keywords

PEAT;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; GROWTH RATE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALPINE TUNDRA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMUS; INCUBATION TIME; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WOOD;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COLD TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIA, ATYPICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS, ATYPICAL; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPHAGNOPSIDA; WOOD;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MALMOENSE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 4344622516     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.04.016     Document Type: Article

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