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. 2004 Dec;70(12):7571-3.
doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7571-7573.2004.

Diversity of nontuberculoid Mycobacterium species in biofilms of urban and semiurban drinking water distribution systems

S M September  1 , V S Brözel, S N Venter
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Diversity of nontuberculoid Mycobacterium species in biofilms of urban and semiurban drinking water distribution systems

S M September et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 Dec.

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and have been isolated from a variety of environmental sources, including water. Various NTM were isolated from biofilms in drinking water distribution systems in two urban and two semiurban areas in South Africa. Most of the isolates belonged to opportunistic pathogenic species of the NTM group, but none belonged to the Mycobacterium avium complex.

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FIG. 1.
Rooted phylogram after phylogenetic analysis of a 400-bp-long fragment of the 16S rRNA gene sequences. Sequences from databases are indicated by their full taxonomic name, while sequences from isolates in this study are indicated by a code.
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