| survey of 150 strains belonging to the mycobacterium terrae complex and description of mycobacterium engbaekii sp. nov., mycobacterium heraklionense sp. nov. and mycobacterium longobardum sp. nov. | a thorough phenotypic and genotypic analysis of 150 strains belonging to the mycobacterium terrae complex resulted in the identification of a number of previously unreported sequevars (sqvs) within the species known to belong to the complex. for the species mycobacterium arupense, three sqvs were detected in the 16s rrna gene, six sqvs in the hsp65 gene and 15 sqvs in the rpob gene; in mycobacterium senuense two sqvs were present in each of the three genetic regions; in mycobacterium kumamotonen ... | 2013 | 22447702 |