title: Susceptibilities of transparent, opaque, and rough colonial variants of Mycobacterium avium complex to various fatty acids.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Saito
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Tomioka
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids