Abstract
A new biotype of L. dumoffii was isolated from lung and sputum samples of an immunosuppressed patient with pneumonia. This strain differs from other described strains of L. dumoffii in that it fails to produce browning of tyrosine-containing buffered yeast extract medium.
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