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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: MCAG group, Mycobacterium abscessus, Mycobacterium agri, Mycobacterium aichiense, Mycobacterium alvei, Mycobacterium arupense, Mycobacterium asiaticum, Mycobacterium aubagnense, Mycobacterium aurum, Mycobacterium austroafricanum, Mycobacterium avium avium, Mycobacterium avium complex, Mycobacterium avium hominissuis, Mycobacterium avium silvaticum, Mycobacterium boenickei, Mycobacterium bohemicum, Mycobacterium bolletii, Mycobacterium botniense, Mycobacterium branderi, Mycobacterium brisbanense, Mycobacterium brumae, Mycobacterium canariasense, Mycobacterium celatum, Mycobacterium chelonae, Mycobacterium chimaera, Mycobacterium chitae, Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum, Mycobacterium chubuense, Mycobacterium colombiense, Mycobacterium conceptionense, Mycobacterium confluentis, Mycobacterium conspicuum, Mycobacterium cookii, Mycobacterium cosmeticum, Mycobacterium diernhoferi, Mycobacterium doricum, Mycobacterium duvalii, Mycobacterium elephantis, Mycobacterium fallax, Mycobacterium farcinogenes, Mycobacterium flavescens, Mycobacterium florentinum, Mycobacterium fluoranthenivorans, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium frederiksbergense, Mycobacterium gadium, Mycobacterium gastri, Mycobacterium genavense, Mycobacterium gilvum, Mycobacterium goodii, Mycobacterium gordonae, Mycobacterium haemophilum, Mycobacterium hassiacum, Mycobacterium heckeshornense, Mycobacterium heidelbergense, Mycobacterium hiberniae, Mycobacterium hodleri, Mycobacterium holsaticum, Mycobacterium houstonense, Mycobacterium immunogenum, Mycobacterium indicus pranii, Mycobacterium interjectum, Mycobacterium intermedium, Mycobacterium intracellulare, Mycobacterium kansasii, Mycobacterium komossense, Mycobacterium kubicae, Mycobacterium kumamotonense, Mycobacterium lacus, Mycobacterium lentiflavum, Mycobacterium lepraemurium, Mycobacterium madagascariense, Mycobacterium mageritense, Mycobacterium malmoense, Mycobacterium massiliense, Mycobacterium monacense, Mycobacterium montefiorense, Mycobacterium moriokaense, Mycobacterium mucogenicum, Mycobacterium murale, Mycobacterium nebraskense, Mycobacterium neoaurum, Mycobacterium neworleansense, Mycobacterium nonchromogenicum, Mycobacterium obuense, Mycobacterium palustre, Mycobacterium parafortuitum, Mycobacterium phocaicum, Mycobacterium porcinum, Mycobacterium poriferae, Mycobacterium psychrotolerans, Mycobacterium pulveris, Mycobacterium pyrenivorans, Mycobacterium septicum, Mycobacterium shottsii, Mycobacterium sphagni, Mycobacterium thermoresistibile, Mycobacterium tokaiense, Mycobacterium triviale, Mycobacterium tusciae, Mycobacterium vanbaalenii, Mycobacterium wolinskyi, Mycobacterium xenopi. Excerpt: Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), also known as environmental mycobacteria, atypical mycobacteria and mycobacteria other than tuberculosis (MOTT), are mycobacteria which do not cause tuberculosis or Hansen's disease (also known as leprosy). Mycobacteria are a family of small, rod-shaped bacilli that can be classified into 3 main groups for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment: In 1959, botanist Ernest Runyon put these human disease-associated bacteria into four groups (Runyon classification): The number of identified and cataloged NTM species has been increasing rapidly, from about 50 in 1997 to over 125 by January 2007. The surge is mainly due to improved isolation and identification technique. However, even with these new techniques, the Runyon classification is still sometimes used to organize the mycobacteria into categories. NTM are widely distributed in the environment, particularly in wet soil, marshland, streams, rivers and estuaries. Different species of NTM prefer different types of environment. Human disease is believed to be acquired from environmental exposures, and unlike tuberculosis and leprosy, there has been no evidence of...
