The rough colony morphotype of Mycobacterium avium exhibits high virulence in human macrophages and mice.

Conclusion. M. avium Rg, which is associated with bacterial aggregation, has the highest virulence among the predominant colony morphotypes.
PMID: 32589124 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - June 25, 2020 Category: Microbiology Authors: Nishimura T, Shimoda M, Tamizu E, Uno S, Uwamino Y, Kashimura S, Yano I, Hasegawa N Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research