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In vivo infection and In vitro stress survival studies of acid susceptible mutant of Mycobacterium fortuitum.
International journal of mycobacteriology - 1 Jan 2000
Katoch Poonam, Bisht Gopal Singh, Shrivastava Rahul
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Background: Ubiquitous presence of Mycobacterium fortuitum and ability to cause infections in human beings, hints toward its integral resistance against environmental and host stress conditions. With an aim to identify genes responsible for adapting in vitro acidic stress of M. fortuitum, in the previous study, TnphoA random mutagenesis identified acid susceptible mutant MT727, with mutation in ribosomal...
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