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obligate pathogenic mycobacteria (OPM), above all Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC) species, are most often spread by transmission between a variety of animals and humans. From an aspect of epidemiology, it is important that they can survive outside the host organism for a long time; this “compensates” for their limited ability to multiply outside the host organism. Even though they do not sporulate, they can still be cultured from a damp environment protected from direct sunlight after the lapse of several months or years.

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Section 2.1 was partially supported by grant NPV 1B53009 (Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic).

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    J. Kazda

  2. Head of OIE Reference Laboratories for Paratuberculosis and Avian Tuberculosis, Department of Food and Feed Safety, Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic

    I. Pavlik

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Kazda, J., Pavlik, I. (2009). Obligate Pathogenic Mycobacteria. In: The Ecology of Mycobacteria: Impact on Animal's and Human's Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9413-2_2

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