Ecology and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

S Gagneux - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2018 - nature.com
Tuberculosis (TB) is the number one cause of human death due to an infectious disease.
The causative agents of TB are a group of closely related bacteria known as the …

New insights into the mycobacterial PE and PPE proteins provide a framework for future research

LS Ates - Molecular microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The PE and PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been studied with great
interest since their discovery. Named after the conserved proline (P) and glutamic acid (E) …

Stepwise pathogenic evolution of Mycobacterium abscessus

JM Bryant, KP Brown, S Burbaud, I Everall… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Nearly all mycobacterial species are free-living environmental
saprophytes. A few, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, have evolved to cause …

A New Phylogenetic Framework for the Animal-Adapted Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex

D Brites, C Loiseau, F Menardo, S Borrell… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Tuberculosis (TB) affects humans and other animals and is caused by bacteria from the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC). Previous studies have shown that there are at …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Members Adapted to Wild and Domestic Animals

KM Malone, SV Gordon - … in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex: Its …, 2017 - Springer
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) is composed of several highly genetically
related species that can be broadly classified into those that are human-host adapted and …

A comprehensive map of mycobacterium tuberculosis complex regions of difference

D Bespiatykh, J Bespyatykh, I Mokrousov, E Shitikov - Msphere, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) species are classic examples of genetically
monomorphic microorganisms due to their low genetic variability. Whole-genome …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnosis of mycobacteria in bovine milk: an overview

CAD Bolaños, CL Paula, ST Guerra… - Revista do Instituto de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Tuberculosis remains as the world's biggest threat. In 2014, human tuberculosis ranked as a
major infectious disease by the first time, overcoming HIV death rates. Bovine tuberculosis is …

Comprehensive Characterization of the Attenuated Double Auxotroph Mycobacterium tuberculosisΔleuDΔpanCD as an Alternative to H37Rv

JM Mouton, T Heunis, A Dippenaar, JL Gallant… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Although currently available model organisms such as Mycobacterium smegmatis and
Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) have significantly contributed to our …

Diversification of gene content in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex is determined by phylogenetic and ecological signatures

TT Silva-Pereira, NC Soler-Camargo… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
We analyzed the pan-genome and gene content modulation of the most diverse genome
data set of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) gathered to date. The closed …

Risk factors and true prevalence of bovine tuberculosis in Bangladesh

MN Islam, MK Khan, MFR Khan, P Kostoulas… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Bovine tuberculosis (bTb) is endemic in Bangladesh but the true prevalence has not yet
been reported. Our objectives for this study were to determine the true prevalence and …