title: Mycobacteria with a growth requirement for ferric ammonium citrate, identified as Mycobacterium haemophilum.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D006427:Hemin; D007501:Iron; C013531:ferric ammonium citrate