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Table 1 Characteristics of Mycobacterium avium isolates used in the present study

From: Intracellular growth of Mycobacterium avium subspecies and global transcriptional responses in human macrophages after infection

Isolate

Subspecies

Origin

Biofilm

ISMpa1

nsGPL

ssGPL

VI101

Hominissuis

Porcine

+

-

+

-

1655

Hominissuis

Porcine

-

+

-

-

H1

Hominissuis

Human

-

-

+

-

H38

Hominissuis

Human

-

-

+

+

1553

Avium

Avian

-

-

+

+

1794

Avium

Avian

-

-

+

+

  1. Isolates of Mycobacterium avium used in the present study show different combinations of subspecies designation, origin, biofilm abilities and the genomic presence of ISMpa 1 and genes involved in the synthesis of non-specific (ns) or serovar specific (ss) GPLs [12].
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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