Isolation and Identification of Environmental Mycobacteria in the Mycobacterium bovis BCG Trial Area of South India

Kamala, T and Paramasivan, C N and Herbert, D and Venkatesan, P and Prabhakar, R (1994) Isolation and Identification of Environmental Mycobacteria in the Mycobacterium bovis BCG Trial Area of South India. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 60 (6). pp. 2180-2183. ISSN Print: 0099-2240; Online: 1098-5336

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Abstract

The isolation profiles of environmental mycobacteria present in soil, water, and dust samples, and sputum samples of persons with symptoms of chest infection in the South lndian Mycobacterium bovis BCG (bacillus Calmette-Guérin) trial area were compared. Isolates belonging to the Mycobacterium avium-intracellularescrofulaceum complex were predominant in water, dust, and sputum samples and Mycobacterium fortuitumcomplex organisms were predominant in soi1 samples irrespective of the season of the year.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Tuberculosis > Laboratory Research > Bacteriological
Divisions:	Basic Science Research > Bacteriology
Depositing User:	Dr. Rathinasabapati R
Date Deposited:	24 Sep 2013 07:00
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2016 05:58
URI:	http://eprints.nirt.res.in/id/eprint/373

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