Evaluation of a new culture medium for isolation of nontuberculous mycobacteria from environmental water samples

• Kimberly J. Alexander ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kimberly J. Alexander, Jennifer L. Furlong

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Jennifer L. Furlong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Kimberly J. Alexander, Jennifer L. Furlong

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Julianne L. Baron,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3188-6735

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• John D. Rihs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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• Dominic Stephenson,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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• John D. Perry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7225-7508

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• Janet E. Stout

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jstout@specialpathogenslab.com

  Affiliations Special Pathogens Laboratory, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America

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