Mycobacterium terrae

Mycobacteria are hydrophobic in nature and it may be difficult to prepare homogeneous suspensions devoid of undue cell clumping. As Mycobacterium tuberculosis is very slow growing, a saprophytic rapidly growing species such as Mycobacterium terrae can be substituted in tests (as representative of M. tuberculosis). 

Escherichia coli EHEC DSM 8579 Legionella pneumophila ATCC 33152 Leuconostoc mesenteroides Listeria monocytogenes DSM 20600 Mycobacterium terrae DSM 43227 Propionibacterium acnes DSM 20458 Proteus mirabilis Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pseudomonas fluorescens Salmonella choleraesuis DSM 4224 Staphylococcus aureus MUSA Staphylococcus aureus MRSA DSM 2569... 

Mycobacteria comprise a fairly diverse group of acid-fast, Gram-positive bacteria. The best-known members are Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. bovis, M. leprae and M. avium intracellulare (MAI). Others include M. terrae,M- fortuitum and M, smegmatis, whilst of increasing medical concern is M. chelonae (M. chelonei), some strains of which show high resistance to glutaraldehyde [77-79]. Tuberculosis is on the increase and multi-... 

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