Global environmental nontuberculous mycobacteria and their contemporaneous man-made and natural niches

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue AUG, 2018, Pages

  Honda, Jennifer R ^a   Virdi, Ravleen ^a   Chan, Edward D ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Environments; Hawaii; Man made; Natural; Nontuberculous mycobacteria

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; HOT WATER;

AEROSOL; AFRICA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ASIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; HABITAT; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MACROPHAGE; MULTILOCUS ENZYME ELECTROPHORESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM CHIMAERA; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE; MYCOBACTERIUM SZULGAI; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85052629026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02029     Document Type: Review

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