RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Hurley, Sarah Shapiro A1 Splitter, Gary A. A1 Welch, Rodney A.YR 1988 T1 Deoxyribonucleic Acid Relatedness of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis to Other Members of the Family Mycobacteriaceae JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 38 IS 2 SP 143 OP 146 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-38-2-143 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-DNA hybridization was used to determine the relationships of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium to 24 mycobacterial strains representing seven species. Our results indicate that M. paratuberculosis should be considered a member of the same genomic species as M. avium and the wood pigeon bacillus. Mycobacterium scrofulaceum, which has been considered a member of the M. avium-Mycobacterium intracellulare-M. scrofulaceum complex on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, shows little DNA similarity to M. avium, M. intracellulare, or M. paratuberculosis., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-38-2-143