Comparison of culture methods for isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from surface waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3514-3520

  Radomski, Nicolas ^a   Cambau, Emmanuelle ^b,c   Moulin, Laurent ^d   Haenn, Sophie ^d   Moilleron, Régis ^a   Lucas, Françoise S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Eau de Paris   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTER-TREATMENT; AMPHOTERICIN B; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CETYLPYRIDINIUM CHLORIDE; CHEMICAL DECONTAMINATION; COMPETITIVE GROWTH; CULTURE METHODS; HUMAN INFECTION; LONG-TERM INCUBATION; MYCOBACTERIAL; NALIDIXIC ACID; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ACIDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CULTIVATION; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACE WATERS;

MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; CULTURE MEDIUM;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH MODELING; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STANDARD; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE;

EID: 77953069442     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02659-09     Document Type: Article

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