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Differential medium for the isolation and identification ofMycobacterium fortuitum complex

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

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  1. Division of Microbiology and Immunology, Methodist Hospital, 11215, Brooklyn, New York, USA

    M. Artman, M. Weiner & Carmen Burgos

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Artman, M., Weiner, M. & Burgos, C. Differential medium for the isolation and identification ofMycobacterium fortuitum complex. Experientia 37, 366–367 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01959865

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