Plasmid-influenced changes in Mycobacterium avium catalase activity

A virulent Mycobacterium avium strain, LR25, which carries 3 plasmids (18, 28, and 165 kb) and grows at 43°C was compared to its plasmid-free, avirulent segregant, strain LR163, to investigate the basis for the latter's inability to grow at 43°C. The failure of mid-log phase cultures of strain...

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Main Author: Pethel, Michele Lee
Other Authors: Microbiology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43266
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06122010-020434/