| [cultural, biochemical and serological characteristics of mycobacteria, avium and atypical, isolated from pigs slaughtered in the białystok abattoirs]. | two hundred and thirty-eight strains of acid-fast bacilli isolated from lymph nodes of pigs were examined. among these strains 198 were classified as myc. avium and 40 - as atypical bacilli belonging to group ii, iii and iv of runyon's classification. only 118 strains of myc. avium showed cultural and biochemical properties typical for these species. some of the remaining strains were positive in the arylsulphatase test, in the reduction nitrate test or in the hydrolysis of tween 80 test, but we ... | 1983 | 6634462 |