The subject of mycobacteriology is becoming an increasingly popular and complex one and the contribution by European scientists has been considerable. The important areas of research include taxonomy and the improvement of identification methods; biochemistry, including enzymology, metabolic regulation, lipid chemistry, iron uptake and metabolism, pigment synthesis and DNA chemistry; genetics and bacteriophages; ecology, including the effect of contact with environmental mycobacteria on the mammalian immune response; immunology; and the association of disease and cell-wall-free mycobacteria and studies on the leprosy bacillus. The European Society of Mycobacteriologists has recently been founded to unite workers in these disciplines and to promote and disseminate knowledge in this subject.
BT - Tubercle C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7025398?dopt=Abstract DA - 1980 Dec DO - 10.1016/0041-3879(80)90046-x IS - 4 J2 - Tubercle LA - eng N2 -The subject of mycobacteriology is becoming an increasingly popular and complex one and the contribution by European scientists has been considerable. The important areas of research include taxonomy and the improvement of identification methods; biochemistry, including enzymology, metabolic regulation, lipid chemistry, iron uptake and metabolism, pigment synthesis and DNA chemistry; genetics and bacteriophages; ecology, including the effect of contact with environmental mycobacteria on the mammalian immune response; immunology; and the association of disease and cell-wall-free mycobacteria and studies on the leprosy bacillus. The European Society of Mycobacteriologists has recently been founded to unite workers in these disciplines and to promote and disseminate knowledge in this subject.
PY - 1980 SP - 259 EP - 68 T2 - Tubercle TI - Recent European research activities in mycobacteriology. VL - 61 SN - 0041-3879 ER -