STUDIES ON THE ACID-FAST BACILLI ISOLATED FROM NATURAL SOURCE 1. Isolation and Identification Method of Acid-Fast Bacilli from Soil

• Published in: Kekkaku Vol. 53; no. 6; pp. 313 - 319
• Main Author: KIM, Sung-Kwang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: Japan JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR TUBERCULOSIS 01.06.1978
• Subjects: Culture Media; Japan; Korea; Methods; Mycobacterium - isolation & purification; Soil Microbiology; Japan; Korea

Acid-fast organisms were isolated from 240 soil samples collected at two areas in Japan and Korea. The biological and biochemical characteristics of the isolated mycobacteria were tested and compared with those of reference strains. The isolation rate and distribution of species of mycobacteria from...