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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis
SUBMITTER: Andrea Cossu
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-32235 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Microbiological research 20121126 3
It is known that a combined glycine/lysozyme treatment is able to induce in vitro the mycobacterial conversion from the bacillary to the cell wall defective forms. These forms also naturally occur in vivo as a response to various antimicrobial factors such as lysozyme released by phagocytic cells. Although they have been successfully isolated from patients with several chronic diseases, their role in pathogenesis is still unknown, mainly due to the difficulties in handling the in vivo isolated v ...[more]