TABLE 1.

List of Mycobacterium sp. strains used in this study

Species	Strain	Source	Survival after infection of A. polyphaga in:		Reference
			Trophozoites	Cysts
M. abscessus	CIP 104536T	Abscess	+	+	44
M. chelonae	CIP 104535T	Tortoise, tubercle	+	+	43
M. immunogenum	CIP 106684T	Metal working fluid	+	+	82
M. mucogenicum	ATCC 49650T	Thyroglossal duct cyst	+	+	64
M. fortuitum	CIP 104534T	Abscess	+	+	20
M. peregrinum	CIP 105382T	Bronchial aspiration	+	+	44
M. smegmatis	ATCC 19420T	Genital secretions	+	+	48
M. goodii	ATCC 700504T	Heel	+	+	14
M. mageritense	CIP 104973T	Sputum	+	+	22
M. aurum	CIP 104465T	Soil	+	+	74
M. kansasii	CIP 104589T	Fatal infection	+	+	36
M. szulgai	CIP 104532T	—a	+	+	49
M. malmoense	CIP 105775T	Lung tissue	+	+	60
M. terrae	CIP 104321T	Sputum, gastric lavage	+	+	80
M. marinum	CIP 104528T	Saltwater fish	+	+	8
M. tusciae	CIP 106367T	Cervical lymph node	+	+	71
M. gordonae	CIP 104529T	Gastric lavage	+	+	12
M. intracellulare	CIP 104243T	—	+	+	58
M. avium subsp. avium	CIP 104244T	Diseased hen, liver	+	+	69
M. simiae	CIP 104531T	Indian monkey	+	+	39
M. bohemicum	CIP 105811T	Sputum	+	+	57
M. lentiflavum	CIP 105465T	Spondylodiscitis	+	+	65
M. massiliense	CIP 108297T	Bronchoalveolar fluid	+	+	1
M. septicum	ATCC 700731T	Catheter tip of centrally located Hickman	+	+	59
M. porcinum	CIP 105392T	Swine, lymph node	+	+	75
M. gastri	CIP 104530T	Gastric lavage fluid	+	+	80

^a—, source unknown.