GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM STRAINS RECOVERED FROM ANIMALS AND THEIR COMPARISON TO HUMAN STRAINS

Authors
BONO M JEMMI T BERNASCONI C BURKI D TELENTI A BODMER T
Citation
M. Bono et al., GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM STRAINS RECOVERED FROM ANIMALS AND THEIR COMPARISON TO HUMAN STRAINS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 61(1), 1995, pp. 371-373
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
371 - 373
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1995)61:1<371:GCOMSR>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Mycobacterium avium was recovered from 21 birds and 10 pigs. Bird isol ates carried IS901 and a few copies of IS1245 and appeared highly rela ted by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Pig isolates showed features previously described in human isolates: a lack of IS901, a high copy n umber of IS1245, and marked polymorphism by pulsed-field gel electroph oresis.