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(A) Colonies of Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium grown on Lowenstein–Jensen medium; (B) Zielh–Neelsen positive staining of a suspected colony. Microscopic examination of the acid-fast smear reveals cells that are typically short and coccobacillary (100×).
