MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
An unusual genetic switch controls Mycobacterium avium pathogenesis, antibiotic resistance and colony morphology
Hannah Nilsson, Zoe Netter, Miles I. Tuncel…·Jeffery S. Cox
This study identifies a genetic switch involving IS1245 transposition and Erp/MarP that controls colony morphology, virulence, and antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium avium.