ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MYCOBACTERIA IN THE MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS BCC TRIAL AREA OF SOUTH-INDIA

Authors
KAMALA T PARAMASIVAN CN HERBERT D VENKATESAN P PRABHAKAR R
Citation
T. Kamala et al., ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL MYCOBACTERIA IN THE MYCOBACTERIUM-BOVIS BCC TRIAL AREA OF SOUTH-INDIA, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(6), 1994, pp. 2180-2183
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2180 - 2183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:6<2180:IAIOEM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The isolation profiles of environmental mycobacteria present in soil, water, and dust samples, and sputum samples of persons with symptoms o f chest infection in the South Indian Mycobacterium bovis BCG (bacillu s Calmette-Guerin) trial area were compared. Isolates belonging to the Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum complex were predomin ant in water, dust, and sputum samples and Mycobacterium fortuitum-com plex organisms were predominant in soil samples irrespective of the se ason of the year.