Guenette, SimonneWilliams, Myra D.Falkinham, Joseph O. III2020-08-212020-08-212020-08-15Guenette, S.; Williams, M.D.; Falkinham, J.O., III. Growth Temperature, Trehalose, and Susceptibility to Heat in Mycobacterium avium. Pathogens 2020, 9, 657.http://hdl.handle.net/10919/99825<i>Mycobacterium avium</i> is capable of an adaptive, reversible response to high-temperature survival depending on its growth temperature. Trehalose concentrations of <i>M. avium</i> cells grown at 42 °C were significantly higher compared to those of cells grown at 25 °C. Further, the survival of cells of <i>M. avium</i> grown at 42 °C and exposed to 65 °C were significantly higher than the survival of cells grown at 25 °C. This adaptive response to growth temperature may play a role in the persistence of <i>M. avium</i> in premise plumbing.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 InternationalMycobacterium aviumgrowth temperaturetrehalosehigh temperature survivalGrowth Temperature, Trehalose, and Susceptibility to Heat in Mycobacterium aviumArticle - Refereed2020-08-21Pathogenshttps://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9080657