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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 343-347Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsec.2004.04.016
Keywords
environmental mycobacteria; alpine habitats; growth temperature
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Mycobacteria were isolated from a variety of materials such as soil, peat, humus, tufa, sphagnum, and wood, collected in alpine and subalpine habitats. Mycobacteria, including Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium szulgai, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium terrae, Mycobacterium chelonae, and Mycobacterium fortuitum were recovered from 69 of 81 (85%) samples. All of the isolates were recovered on medium incubated at 20 and 30 C. None were recovered if the medium was incubated at 37 degreesC. The isolation of mycobacteria confirms the presence of these opportunistic pathogens in alpine habitats. (C) 2004 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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