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. 2015 Apr 16;53(5):1582–1587. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03556-14

FIG 3.

FIG 3

Flow chart for the recommended mycobacterial strain characterization with special emphasis on Mycobacterium avium subspecies identification. The steps of the potential Mycobacterium avium complex subspecies-level identification method are presented in the flow chart. Abbreviations: MTC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex; MI, Mycobacterium intracellulare; M., Mycobacterium; MAP, Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis; MAH, “Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis”; MAA, Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium; MAS, Mycobacterium avium subsp. silvaticum.