Surviving within the amoebal exocyst: the Mycobacterium avium complex paradigm

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Studies of interactions between MAC species and amoeba.

Mycobacterium avium Species	Strains	Amoeba species	Survival in A. polyphaga		Reference
			Trophozoites	Cysts
M. avium subsp. avium	M. avium 109	A. castellanii	+	?	[47]
M. avium subsp. avium	CIP104244^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	[3]
M. intracellulare	CIP104243^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	[3]
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	?	A. castellanii CCAP1501	+	?	[22]
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	?	A. castellanii CCAP1501	+	+	[20]
M. avium subsp. avium	?	D. discodium AX2	+	?	[24]
M. avium subsp. avium	?	A. castellanii	+	?	[48]
M. avium subsp. hominissuis	M. avium 104	A. castellanii ATCC30234	+	?	[49]
M. avium	Serotype 4	A. castellanii ATCC30872	+	+	[21]
M. avium	?	A. castellanii ATCC30234	+	+	[18]
M. avium subsp. avium	ATCC 25291^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	Present study
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	ATCC 19698^T	-	+	+	-
M. avium subsp. hominissuis	IWGMT 49	-	+	+	-
M. avium subsp. silvaticum	ATCC 49884^T	-	+	+	-
M. intracellulare	ATCC 15985	-	+	+	-
M. chimaera	DSM 446232^T	-	+	+	-
M. colombiense	CIP 108962^T	-	+	+	-
M. marseillense	CSUR P30^T	-	+	+	-
M. timonense	CSUR P32^T	-	+	+	-
M. bouchedurhonense	CSUR P34^T	-	+	+	-
M. arosiense	DSM 45069^T	-	+	+	-

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