Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history

Human tuberculosis (TB) is caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). The MTBC comprises several human-adapted lineages known as M. tuberculosis sensu stricto, as well as two lineages (L5 and L6) traditionally referred to as Mycobacterium africanum . Strains of L5 and L6 are...

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Autores principales: Coscolla, Mireia, Gagneux, Sebastien, Menardo, Fabrizio, Loiseau, Chloé, Ruiz-Rodriguez, Paula, Borrell, Sonia, Otchere, Isaac Darko, Asante-Poku, Adwoa, Asare, Prince, Sánchez-Busó, Leonor, Gehre, Florian, Sanoussi, C. N’Dira, Antonio, Martin, Affolabi, Dissou, Fyfe, Janet, Beckert, Patrick, Niemann, Stefan, Alabi, Abraham S., Grobusch, Martin P., Kobbe, Robin, Parkhill, Julian, Beisel, Christian, Fenner, Lukas, Böttger, Erik C., Meehan, Conor J., Harris, Simon R., de Jong, Bouke C., Yeboah-Manu, Dorothy, Brites, Daniela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2021
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8208692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33555243
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000477

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