Mycobacteria with a growth requirement for ferric ammonium citrate, identified as Mycobacterium haemophilum.
Three previously unidentified strains of pathogenic mycobacteria which had been isolated on media containing ferric ammonium citrate were found to be identical with the new species, Mycobacterium haemophilum.
D003470:Culture Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006427:Hemin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007501:Iron / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
D003470:Culture Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D006427:Hemin; D007501:Iron; C013531:ferric ammonium citrate