| high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii isolated from water in texas. | isolation techniques with membrane-filtered potable water samples resulted in the isolation of potentially pathogenic high-catalase strains of mycobacterium kansasii from 8 of 19 representative outlets in a small central texas town. mycobacterium gordonae was isolated from all samples, and mycobacterium fortuitum was isolated from two samples. data on chlorine levels are presented along with a possible explanation for the unusually high numbers of mycobacteria in these potable water samples. fin ... | 1980 | 7381016 |