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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....
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 |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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