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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5667-5671, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5667-5671.2004

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Electrophoretic Mobility of Mycobacterium avium Complex Organisms

Darren Lytle,^1* Christy Frietch,¹ and Terry Covert²

National Risk Management Research Laboratory,¹ National Exposure Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio²

Received 22 January 2004/ Accepted 20 April 2004

ABSTRACT

The electrophoretic mobilities (EPMs) of 30 Mycobacterium avium complex organisms were measured. The EPMs of 15 clinical isolates ranged from –1.9 to –5.0 µm cm V^–1 s^–1, and the EPMs of 15 environmental isolates ranged from –1.9 to –4.6 µm cm V^–1 s^–1 at pH 7.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther King Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45268. Phone: (513) 569-7432. Fax: (513) 569-7172. E-mail: lytle.darren{at}epa.gov.

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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, p. 5667-5671, Vol. 70, No. 9
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.9.5667-5671.2004

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