Mycobacterium nebraskense
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Mycobacterium nebraskense Mohamed et al. 2004, ATCC BAA-837
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Mycobacterium nebraskense is a slow growing, yellow, pigmented mycobacterium[1] that was first isolated from human sputum at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Mycobacterium species are common causes of pulmonary infections in both humans and animals.
References
- ^ Mohamed AM, Iwen PC, Tarantolo S, Hinrichs SH (November 2004). "Mycobacterium nebraskense sp. nov., a novel slowly growing scotochromogenic species". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 6): 2057–60. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63126-0. PMID 15545434.
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