Sentences with phrase «individual mycobacteria»

Researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine have now identified specific combinations of factors that are linked to why individual mycobacteria of the same genetic background can respond differently to antibiotics.

«Individual mycobacteria respond differently to antibiotics based on growth and timing: New study identifies differences between subpopulations of mycobacteria with variable antibiotic susceptibilities.»

Not exact matches

The mechanism for this is unclear, but the researchers speculate that healthy individuals may be unwittingly carrying the mycobacteria between countries.

Now, by sequencing the whole genomes of over 1,000 isolates of mycobacteria from 517 individuals attending CF specialist centres in Europe, the US and Australia, researchers have demonstrated that the majority of CF patients have acquired transmissible forms of M. abscessus that have spread globally.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable and preventable disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis and most often affects the lungs of infected individuals.

In terms of some of your individual points, the latest review on the theory that a farm animal pathogen in meat and dairy may be triggering inflammatory bowel disease is worth the read: Ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease: is Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis the common villain?