Beaman B L, Kim K S, Lanéelle M A, Barksdale L
J Bacteriol. 1974 Mar;117(3):1320-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.117.3.1320-1329.1974.
Corynebacterium, Mycobacterium, or Propionibacterium. One, bacterium 22M, remains unassigned. The combined chemical and enzymatic properties attributed to leprosy bacilli freshly harvested from lepromata are found collectively, but not individually, in these three genera.
对从世界各地瘤型和结核样型麻风病例中分离出的生物体细胞壁进行化学分析,有可能将它们归为以下三个属之一:棒状杆菌属、分枝杆菌属或丙酸杆菌属。有一种细菌(22M菌)仍未归类。从麻风结节中刚分离出的麻风杆菌所具有的化学和酶学特性综合起来(而非单个特性)在这三个属中都能找到。