Acanthamoeba polyphaga-enhanced growth of Mycobacterium smegmatis.

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium smegmatis is a rapidly-growing mycobacterium causing rare opportunistic infections in human patients. It is present in soil and water environments where free-living amoeba also reside, but data regarding M. smegmatis-amoeba relationships have been contradictory from mycobac...

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Main Authors: Otmane Lamrabet, Felix Mba Medie, Michel Drancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3256201?pdf=render