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Volume 31, Number 3—March 2025
Etymologia

Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens (tsū-kə-mə-rel′lə tī′-rǝ-sē-nō-sol′vins)

Clyde PartinComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Figure

Gram staining from aerobic blood cultures (×1,000 magnification) showing numerous long, slightly curved, thin, nonbranching, and gram-positive rods, confirmed as Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens. Image from (2); licensed by CC by 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).

Figure. Gram staining from aerobic blood cultures (×1,000 magnification) showing numerous long, slightly curved, thin, nonbranching, and gram-positive rods, confirmed as Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens. Image from (2); licensed by CC by 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).

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