Susceptibilities of transparent, opaque, and rough colonial variants of Mycobacterium avium complex to various fatty acids.
Three different colonial variants of Mycobacterium avium complex were studied for their susceptibilities to capric, lauric, oleic, and linolenic acids. Smooth T variants with transparent and irregularly shaped colonies were much more resistant to all the fatty acids than were the smooth D variants with opaque and dome-shaped colonies. Rough variants with granular and irregularly shaped colonies showed nearly the same susceptibility to the fatty acids as did the smooth T variants.
Saito
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
Tomioka
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D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
D005227:Fatty Acids