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Abstract

A total of 124 strains representing , and ) and 12 strains of the closely related ) were found to be pyrazinamidase negative (Pyz). By contrast, a large number of strains representing various corynebacterial species, nocardias, bacterionemas, actinomyces, and rothias were pyrazinamidase positive (Pyz). The usefulness and possible implications of this finding are discussed, and a rapid test for pyrazinamidase activity is described.

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