title: Diversity of nontuberculoid Mycobacterium species in biofilms of urban and semiurban drinking water distribution systems.
abstract: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are ubiquitous and have been isolated from a variety of environmental sources, including water. Various NTM were isolated from biofilms in drinking water distribution systems in two urban and two semiurban areas in South Africa. Most of the isolates belonged to opportunistic pathogenic species of the NTM group, but none belonged to the Mycobacterium avium complex.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: September
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Brözel
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Venter
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013019:South Africa; D014505:Urban Population; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S