title: [Identification of clinically important strains of Mycobacterium fortuitum complex].
abstract: Fifty strains of the Mycobacterium fortuitum complex isolated from patients with mycobacteriosis and tuberculosis were identified. Two species i.e. M. fortuitum and M. chelonei were identified within the M. fortuitum complex by tests for nitrate reduction and the capacity of iron assimilation. By the capacity of growing in the medium containing mannitol the author identified within the M. fortuitum complex 35 strains of the fortuitum biovariant and 14 strains of the peregrinum biovariant. A M. chelonei strain tolerant to 5% NaCl and unable to grow on the medium containing sodium citrate was classified as M. chelonei subsp. abscessus.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sosnovskaia
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003470:Culture Media; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media
vernacular_title: Identifikatsiia klinicheski znachimykh vidov kompleksa Mycobacterium fortuitum.