Pathobiological significance of colony morphology in Mycobacterium avium complex

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-109

  Reddy, Venkata M ^a   Luna Herrera, Julieta ^a   Gangadharam, Pattisapu R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

colony morphology; lipid profile; M. avium; macrophage functions; virulence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL POLARITY; COLONY FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE;

EID: 0030218049     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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