Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Mycobacterium kansasii Subtypes Provide New Insights Into Their Pathogenicity and Taxonomy

Comparative Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of Mycobacterium kansasii Subtypes Provide New Insights Into Their Pathogenicity and Taxonomy

Mycobacterium kansasii is an important opportunistic pathogen of humans and has a close phylogenetic relationship with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Seven subtypes (I–VII) have been identified using molecular biology approaches, of which subtype I is the most frequent causative agent of human disease....

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Main Authors: Qingtian Guan, Roy Ummels, Fathia Ben-Rached, Yara Alzahid, Mohammad S. Amini, Sabir A. Adroub, Jakko van Ingen, Wilbert Bitter, Abdallah M. Abdallah, Arnab Pain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
non-tuberculous mycobacteria
comparative genomics
M. kansasii subtypes
espACD operon
virulence factor
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2020.00122/full

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