The genetic requirements for fast and slow growth in mycobacteria.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects a third of the world's population. Primary tuberculosis involving active fast bacterial replication is often followed by asymptomatic latent tuberculosis, which is characterised by slow or non-replicating bacteria. Reactivation of the latent infection involvin...

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Main Authors: Dany J V Beste, Mateus Espasa, Bhushan Bonde, Andrzej M Kierzek, Graham R Stewart, Johnjoe McFadden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-04-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2685279?pdf=render