Consistently, at 48 h of infection ∼40% of the total LC3B-positive Mtb displayed phenotypes similar to that shown in the WT example in Fig. 3A – which we named LC3 tubulovesicular structures (LC3-TVS) owing to their similarity to the structures observed during viral infection of epithelial cells (Gao et al., 2010) (Fig. 3B). This evidence concerns the gene MAP1LC3A and infection.