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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Auteurs principaux: 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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Langue:Inglês
Publié: BioMed Central 2012
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3434033/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22712622
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-258
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