On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer

BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium ulcerans is an unusual bacterial pathogen with elusive origins. While closely related to the aquatic dwelling M. marinum, M. ulcerans has evolved the ability to produce the immunosuppressive polyketide toxin mycolactone and cause the neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer....

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Autores principales: Doig, Kenneth D, Holt, Kathryn E, Fyfe, Janet AM, Lavender, Caroline J, Eddyani, Miriam, Portaels, Françoise, Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Pluschke, Gerd, Seemann, Torsten, Stinear, Timothy P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22712622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-258

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22712622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-258

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