Ann Lab Med.  2019 Nov;39(6):596-598. 10.3343/alm.2019.39.6.596.

First Isolation of Mycobacterium virginiense From a Human Pulmonary Specimen

• Jung J
• Yoo IY
• Jhun BW
• Koh WJ
• Lee NY
• Huh HJ

• KMID: 2450960
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3343/alm.2019.39.6.596

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Humans*
Mycobacterium*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Neighbor-joining phylogenetic trees for Mycobacterium virginiense and other Mycobacterium species based on (A) the 16S rRNA gene and (B) the rpoB gene. GenBank accession numbers are given in parentheses.

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