Dormancy is a bet-hedging strategy used by a wide range of taxa, including
microorganisms. It refers to an organism's ability to enter a reversible state of low metabolic …

A majority of the Mycobacterium species, called the nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM),
are natural inhabitants of natural waters, engineered water systems, and soils. As a …

Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are environmental, opportunistic human pathogens
whose reservoirs include peat-rich potting soil and drinking water in buildings and …

Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are paradigmatic colonizers of the total environment,
circulating at the interfaces of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and …

Aquifer recharge presents advantages for integrated water management in the anthropic
cycle, namely, advanced treatment of reclaimed water and additional dilution of pollutants …

Abstract Background The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) consists of
causative agents of both human and animal tuberculosis and is responsible for over 10 …

Discovery and development of antibiotics active against the environmental opportunistic non-
tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) have been retarded by innate antibiotic-resistance of NTM …

Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (Map) is an important animal pathogen with a
potential, but as yet unproven, role in human disease. This review briefly describes the …

Tuberculosis still remains a global health emergency, claiming 1.5 million lives in 2013. The
bacterium responsible for this disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), has successfully …

The growth rate of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis was assessed by different
methods in 7H9 medium supplemented with OADC (oleic acid, albumin, dextrose, catalase) …