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Morphological variation of colonies observed among 85 M. chelonae-M. abscessus group isolates
| Colony morphology | No. (%) of strains
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. chelonae | M. abscessus | M. massiliense | M. bolletii | Total | |
| Smooth | 1 (100.0) | 10 (27.0) | 13 (28.3) | 1 (100.0) | 24 (28.2) |
| Rough | 0 (0.0) | 20 (54.1) | 33 (71.7) | 0 (0.0) | 52 (61.2) |
| Mixed | 0 (0.0) | 7 (18.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (8.2) |
| Total | 1 (100.0) | 37 (100.0) | 46 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 85 (100.0) |
