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→M.genavense
*Most common agent of mycobacteriosis in birds in Switzerland.
*Most common agent of mycobacteriosis in birds in Switzerland.
*Can differentiate from M.avium by PCR.
*Can differentiate from M.avium by PCR.
==M. simiae==
*In SIV-infected macaques – granulomatous ileitis and colitis just like M.paratuberculosis.
*Used cycle sequencing to determine the species – no antisera available for M.simiae and M.paratuberculosis and M.bovis cross react.
*Sequence homology of 85% between M.simiae and these other species.
[A case of intestinal Mycobacterium simiae infection in an SIV-infected immunosuppressed rhesus monkey. Vet Path (1999) 36 249-52]