Genotypic characterization of Mycobacterium avium strains recovered from animals and their comparison to human strains
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 61 (1) , 371-373
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.61.1.371-373.1995
Abstract
Mycobacterium avium was recovered from 21 birds and 10 pigs. Bird isolates carried IS901 and a few copies of IS1245 and appeared highly related by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Pig isolates showed features previously described in human isolates: a lack of IS901, a high copy number of IS1245, and marked polymorphism by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.Keywords
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