The many lives of nontuberculous mycobacteria

Journal of Bacteriology
Tiffany A Claeys, Richard T Robinson

Abstract

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) include species that colonize human epithelia, as well as species that are ubiquitous in soil and aquatic environments. NTM that primarily inhabit soil and aquatic environments include the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC, M. avium and Mycobacterium intracellulare) and the Mycobacterium abscessus complex (MABSC, M. abscessus subspecies abscessus, massiliense, and bolletii), and can be free-living, biofilm-associated, or amoeba-associated. Although NTM are rarely pathogenic in immunocompetent individuals, those who are immunocompromised - due to either an inherited or acquired immunodeficiency - are highly susceptible to NTM infection (NTMI). Several characteristics such as biofilm formation and the ability of select NTM species to form distinct colony morphotypes all may play a role in pathogenesis not observed in the related, well-characterized pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis The recognition of different morphotypes of NTM has been established and characterized since the 1950s, but the mechanisms that underlie colony phenotype change and subsequent differences in pathogenicity are just beginning to be explored. Advances in genomic analysis have led to progress in identifying genes importan...Continue Reading

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