Differentiation of known strains of BCG from isolates of mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using mycobacteriophage 33D.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 1 ·No. 4 ·1975-04-00 ·Pages 391-2

Jones WD

Abstract

The use of mycobacteriophage 33D to differentiate strains of BCG from isolates of Mycobacterium bovis was investigated. The procedure was found to be reproducible and, using the commercially available media described, can be recommended for use in mycobacterial reference laboratories.

MeSH Terms

BCG Vaccine Bacteriophage Typing Lysogeny Mycobacteriophages/growth & development Mycobacterium bovis/classification Mycobacterium tuberculosis/classification

Chemicals

BCG Vaccine

Authors & Affiliations

1 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Jones W D

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7 references, click to expand

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.1.4.391-392.1975

Published

1975-04-00

Pages

391-2

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC275098

Subset

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