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SUBMITTER: Floyd MM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC229442 | biostudies-other | 1996 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of clinical microbiology 19961201 12
Polyphasic taxonomic methods were employed to characterize a new species of slowly growing, nonpigmented mycobacteria. We propose the name Mycobacterium triplex sp. nov. for this new taxon. Conventional identification testing demonstrated a group of similar organisms that were geographically widespread in the United States. Commercially available nucleic-acid probes specific for the Mycobacterium avium complex were unreactive for these strains. High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of ...[more]