Open AccessSusceptibilities of transparent, opaque, and rough colonial variants of Mycobacterium avium complex to various fatty acids
Author(s) -
Hajime Saito,
Haruaki Tomioka
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.32.3.400
Subject(s) - mycobacterium , paratuberculosis , microbiology and biotechnology , opacity , biology , mycobacterium avium complex , capric acid , genetics , bacteria , lauric acid , fatty acid , biochemistry , physics , optics
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.