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. 1970 Jan;19(1):199–200. doi: 10.1128/am.19.1.199-200.1970

Identification of Mycobacterium kansasii by Susceptibility to Hydroxylamine

Howard Gruft 1, Mary Osterhout 1
PMCID: PMC376645  PMID: 4905946

Abstract

Among biochemical tests useful in the study of mycobacteria, the hydroxylamine test is shown to be an effective tool in the differentiation of Mycobacterium kansasii from saprophytic strains of group III acid-fast bacilli when combined with the photochromogen test.

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