Differential medium for the isolation and identification ofMycobacterium fortuitum complex

Experientia - Tập 37 - Trang 366-367 - 1981
M. Artman1, M. Weiner1, Carmen Burgos1
1Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, USA

Tóm tắt

A single medium efficiently selects for an identifiesMycobacterium fortuitum complex on the basis of bile tolerance and arylsulfatase activity.

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