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SUBMITTER: Geier H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2268301 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Geier Henriette H Mostowy Serge S Cangelosi Gerard A GA Behr Marcel A MA Ford Timothy E TE
Applied and environmental microbiology 20080201 6
Mycobacterium avium is an environmental organism and opportunistic pathogen with inherent resistance to drugs, environmental stresses, and the host immune response. To adapt to these disparate conditions, M. avium must control its transcriptional response to environmental cues. M. avium forms biofilms in various environmental settings, including drinking water pipes and potable water reservoirs. In this study, we investigated the role of the universal signaling molecule autoinducer-2 (AI-2) in b ...[more]