Table 1.

Bacterial utilization of host autophagy for their intracellular survival and pathogenesis.

Bacteria growth restricted by autophagy components	Bacteria evades being targeted by host’s autophagy	Bacteria exploit autophagy components for its replication and pathogenesis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis [97]	Shigella flexneri [119]	Brucella abortus [120]
Mycobacterium marinum [121]	Listeria monocytogenes [122]	Coxiella burnetiid [123]
Group A Streptococcus [124]	Burkholderia pseudomallei [125]	Legionella pneumophila [126]
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium [127]		Staphylococcus aureus [128]
		Francisella tularensis [129]