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avium, there was a strong correlation ( r 2=0.96) between colony forming units and relative light units. It was discovered that chlorine was rapidly lost from suspensions containing 10 6 M. avium cells/ml. The luciferase-based test can be used to rapidly measure susceptibility of M. avium ...