Identification and Characterization of a Spore-Like Morphotype in Chronically Starved Mycobacterium avium Subsp. Paratuberculosis Cultures

• Elise A. Lamont,

  Affiliation Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• John P. Bannantine,

  Affiliation Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ames, Iowa, United States of America

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• Aníbal Armién,

  Affiliation Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Don Sanjiv Ariyakumar,

  Affiliation Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Srinand Sreevatsan

  * E-mail: sreev001@umn.edu

  Affiliations Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

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