title: Occurrence of non-cultivable acid-fast bacilli in the environment and their relationship to M. leprae.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification*; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000145:classification* / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000382:microbiology; D012988:Soil Microbiology