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Abstract

Treatment of mycobacterial cells with Triton X-100 allowed the extraction and solubilization of antigens. Such extracts provided species-specific crossed immunoelectrophoresis profiles which demonstrated that “” and are antigenically distinct. Using the BCG antiserum as a reference, we showed that and BCG are more related to each other than “” is to both species.

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