Isolation of a Cultivable Mycobacterium from an Armadillo Subcutaneous Tissue Infected with M, leprae and Characterization of This Isolated Strain
1976 Volume 45 Issue 4 Pages 217-222
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1976 Volume 45 Issue 4 Pages 217-222
A strain of acid fast bacillus was isolated from a leproma of armadillo infected with M. leprae during the cultivation trial. Colonies were easily formed on Ogawa egg medium one-two weeks after inoculation, and were yellow.
This isolated mycobacterium was identified as a type of Scotochromogen, which is belonged to Group II atypical mycobacterium, by biological and biochemical characterizations.
