MicrobiologybioRxiv
Aggregation of nontuberculous mycobacteria is regulated by carbon:nitrogen balance
W. H. DePas, M. Bergkessel, D. K. Newman
This study shows that nontuberculous mycobacteria aggregate in response to carbon:nitrogen balance, not their mycolic acid-rich cell wall.
DOI 10.1128/mbio.01715-19