. 2010 Apr 1;10:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-99

Table 1.

Studies of interactions between MAC species and amoeba.

Mycobacterium avium Species	Strains	Amoeba species	Survival in A. polyphaga		Reference

			Trophozoites	Cysts
M. avium subsp. avium	M. avium 109	A. castellanii	+	?	[47]
M. avium subsp. avium	CIP104244^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	[3]
M. intracellulare	CIP104243^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	[3]
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	?	A. castellanii CCAP1501	+	?	[22]
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	?	A. castellanii CCAP1501	+	+	[20]
M. avium subsp. avium	?	D. discodium AX2	+	?	[24]
M. avium subsp. avium	?	A. castellanii	+	?	[48]
M. avium subsp. hominissuis	M. avium 104	A. castellanii ATCC30234	+	?	[49]
M. avium	Serotype 4	A. castellanii ATCC30872	+	+	[21]
M. avium	?	A. castellanii ATCC30234	+	+	[18]
M. avium subsp. avium	ATCC 25291^T	A. polyphaga Linc-AP1	+	+	Present study
M. avium subsp.
paratuberculosis	ATCC 19698^T	-	+	+	-
M. avium subsp. hominissuis	IWGMT 49	-	+	+	-
M. avium subsp. silvaticum	ATCC 49884^T	-	+	+	-
M. intracellulare	ATCC 15985	-	+	+	-
M. chimaera	DSM 446232^T	-	+	+	-
M. colombiense	CIP 108962^T	-	+	+	-
M. marseillense	CSUR P30^T	-	+	+	-
M. timonense	CSUR P32^T	-	+	+	-
M. bouchedurhonense	CSUR P34^T	-	+	+	-
M. arosiense	DSM 45069^T	-	+	+	-