title: Reply to '"Mycobacterium indicus pranii" is a strain of Mycobacterium intracellulare': "M. indicus pranii" is a distinct strain, not derived from M. intracellulare, and is an organism at an evolutionary transition point between a fast grower and slow grower.
authors: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, United Kingdom.
authors: S A
authors: SA
authors: Rahman
authors: Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Singh
authors: Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India.
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Kohli
authors: Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Ahmad
authors: National Institute of Pathology, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors: N Z
authors: NZ
authors: Ehtesham
authors: Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi, India.
authors: A K
authors: AK
authors: Tyagi
authors: seyedhasnain@gmail.com.
authors: S E
authors: SE
authors: Hasnain
mesh_terms: D000220:Adaptation, Biological; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D053858:Metabolic Networks and Pathways / Q000235:genetics*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000235:genetics*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*