Reply to '"Mycobacterium indicus pranii" is a strain of Mycobacterium intracellulare': "M. indicus pranii" is a distinct strain, not derived from M. intracellulare, and is an organism at an evolutionary transition point between a fast grower and slow grower

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¹ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
² Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.
⁶ seyedhasnain@gmail.com.

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S A Rahman et al. mBio. 2015.

. 2015 Apr 7;6(2):e00352-15.

doi: 10.1128/mBio.00352-15.

¹ European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
² Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.
³ Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁴ National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
⁵ Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.
⁶ seyedhasnain@gmail.com.

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Comparative analyses of nonpathogenic, opportunistic, and totally pathogenic mycobacteria reveal genomic and biochemical variabilities and highlight the survival attributes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Rahman SA, Singh Y, Kohli S, Ahmad J, Ehtesham NZ, Tyagi AK, Hasnain SE. Rahman SA, et al. mBio. 2014 Nov 4;5(6):e02020. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02020-14. mBio. 2014. PMID: 25370496 Free PMC article.
"Mycobacterium indicus pranii" is a strain of Mycobacterium intracellulare.
Alexander DC, Turenne CY. Alexander DC, et al. mBio. 2015 Mar 3;6(2):e00013. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00013-15. mBio. 2015. PMID: 25736889 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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