Detection of Potentially Pathogenic Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria in Artisanal Coalho Cheese from the State of Paraiba, Northeast Brazil

Sarti ECFB^1*, Rodrigues RA², Duarte LFC², Bacanelli GM¹, Lilenbaum W³ and Araújo FR⁴

¹Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

²Veterinary Sciences, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

³Laboratory of Veterinary Bacteriology, Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, 24210030, Brazil

⁴Embrapa Catlle, Campo Grande, MS, 79106-550, Brazil

^*Corresponding Author: Sarti ECFB, Biotechnology and Biodiversity,Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Campo Grande, MS, 790770900, Brazil, Tel: 05567999881947 Email:

Keywords: Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; M. fortuitum; M. novocastrense; B. crudilactis; K. rhizophila; K. Palustris; Coalho cheese; Microbiological culture

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