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Article Title: Autofluorescence of Mycobacteria as a Tool for Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ▿

doi: 10.1128/JCM.02183-07

Figure Lengend Snippet: Microorganisms used in this study

Article Snippet: Aliquots of 20 to 40 μl were applied to slides that had been pretreated with polylysine, as described previously ( 3 ). table ft1 table-wrap mode="anchored" t5 TABLE 1. caption a7 Microorganism Human pathogen Pigmentation Strain Classification (phylum, order) Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 No No ATCC 700084 Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium fortuitum Opportunistic No ATCC 6841 Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium avium Opportunistic No ATCC 25291 T Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium gordonae Opportunistic Scotochromogen Clinical isolate a Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium kansasii Opportunistic Photochromogen Clinical isolate a Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium marinum Yes Photochromogen ATCC 927 Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv Yes No ATCC 27294 Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Mycobacterium bovis BCG Pasteur No No ATCC 35734 Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Nocardia sp. Yes Yes Clinical isolate a Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Corynebacterium glutamicum No No ATCC 13032 b Actinobacteria , Actinomycetales Streptococcus pneumoniae Yes No Clinical isolate b Firmicutes , “ Lactobacillales ” Haemophilus influenzae Yes No Clinical isolate b Proteobacteria , Pasteurellales Paracoccidioides brasiliensis C81 Yes No ATCC 32071 c Ascomycota , Onygenales Open in a separate window a From J. García-Rodríguez, Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid, Spain). b From the Laboratorio Nacional Centro Venezolano de Colecciones de Microorganismos (Instituto de Biología Experimental, Venezuela). c From G. Niño-Vega, Mycology Laboratory (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas).

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