Mycobacterium avium Infections of Acanthamoeba Strains: Host Strain Variability, Grazing-Acquired Infections, and Altered Dynamics of Inactivation with Monochloramine | Zendy

David Berry | Zendy; Matthias Horn | Zendy; Chuanwu Xi | Zendy; Lutgarde Raskin | Zendy

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Mycobacterium avium Infections of Acanthamoeba Strains: Host Strain Variability, Grazing-Acquired Infections, and Altered Dynamics of Inactivation with Monochloramine

Author(s) -

David Berry,

Matthias Horn,

Chuanwu Xi,

Lutgarde Raskin

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00644-10

Subject(s) - acanthamoeba , microbiology and biotechnology , infectivity , biology , bacteria , mycobacterium , strain (injury) , protozoa , host (biology) , virology , virus , ecology , genetics , anatomy

Stable Mycobacterium avium infections of several Acanthamoeba strains were characterized by increased infection resistance of recent environmental isolates and reduced infectivity in the presence of other bacteria. Exposure of M. avium in coculture with Acanthamoeba castellanii to monochloramine yielded inactivation kinetics markedly similar to those observed for A. castellanii alone.

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