Developing Tadpole <i>Xenopus laevis</i> as a Comparative Animal Model to Study <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i> Pathogenicity

Developing Tadpole <i>Xenopus laevis</i> as a Comparative Animal Model to Study <i>Mycobacterium abscessus</i> Pathogenicity

<i>Mycobacterium abscessus (Mab)</i> is an emerging, nontuberculosis mycobacterium (NTM) that infects humans. <i>Mab</i> has two morphotypes, smooth (S) and rough (R), related to the production of glycopeptidolipid (GPL), that differ in pathogenesis. To further understand the...

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Main Authors: Arianna Lopez, Carolyn Shoen, Michael Cynamon, Dionysia Dimitrakopoulou, Matthieu Paiola, Martin S. Pavelka, Jacques Robert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Subjects:
morphotype
dissemination
microbial persistence
Xenopus
mycobacteria
non-mammalian model
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/22/2/806

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