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A Comparison of Four Species of Mycobacteria

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1959

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SUMMARY: Expanded descriptions of Mycobacterium phlei Lehmann & Neumann, M. smegmatis (Trevisan) Lehmann & Neumann, M. fortuitum Cruz, and the species tentatively designated as M. rhodochrous (Overbeck) Gordon & Mihm are presented. These characterizations are based on 40, 95, 80, and 79 strains respectively, upon which 39 different tests and observations were made.