DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DIFFERENT SEROVARS OF MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM, MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AND MYCOBACTERIUM SCROFULACEUM
- 1 September 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pathologica Microbiologica Scandinavica Series B: Microbiology
- Vol. 91B (1-6) , 201-203
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1699-0463.1983.tb00033.x
Abstract
M. avium and M. intracellulare are difficult to distinguish by means of biochemical tests and by means of numerical taxonomy. DNA-DNA hybridization confirms that these species are different but indicates that some serovars of M. intracellulare actually belong to the species M.avium, viz.: serovars 4, 5, 6 and 8. This corresponds to results obtained with sensitin tests on guinea-pigs. The status of strains belonging to serovar 9 is uncertain. The two strains investigated in this study were closely related to, but not identical with M. scrofulaceum serovar 41.Keywords
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