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Isolation of mycobacteria from dairy creamery effluent sludge

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. R. J. Matthews ,
P. Collins  and
P. W. Jones
P. R. J. Matthews
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
P. Collins
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
P. W. Jones
Affiliation:
Institute for Research on Animal Diseases, Compton, Newbury, Berkshire
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Sixty three samples of dairy creamery effluent were examined for the presence of mycobacteria. Thirty two strains were isolated from 27 samples. These were classified as follows: M. fortuitum (13), M. peregrinum (6), M. gordonae (5), M. marianum (scrofulaceum) (4), unidentified (4).

Ten strains, representative of the groups isolated, were tested for their effect on experimental animals. None were pathogenic for guinea pigs or mice but a number produced a minimal amount of skin sensitization in guinea pigs to avian and mammalian tuberculin.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , June 1976 , pp. 407 - 413
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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