Trehalose Polyphleates, External Cell Wall Lipids in Mycobacterium abscessus, Are Associated with the Formation of Clumps with Cording Morphology, Which Have Been Associated with Virulence

Trehalose Polyphleates, External Cell Wall Lipids in Mycobacterium abscessus, Are Associated with the Formation of Clumps with Cording Morphology, Which Have Been Associated with Virulence

Mycobacterium abscessus is a reemerging pathogen that causes pulmonary diseases similar to tuberculosis, which is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. When grown in agar medium, M. abscessus strains generate rough (R) or smooth colonies (S). R morphotypes are more virulent than S morphotypes. In se...

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Main Authors: Marta Llorens-Fons, Míriam Pérez-Trujillo, Esther Julián, Cecilia Brambilla, Fernando Alcaide, Thomas F. Byrd, Marina Luquin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Mycobacterium abscessus
trehalose polyphleates
CORDS
clumps
rough morphotypes
smooth morphotypes
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01402/full

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