Diphtheria is a respiratory disease caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. While the toxin-
based vaccine has helped control outbreaks of the disease since the mid-20th century there …

Since 1921, Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) has been recognized as
an important vaccine to prevent tuberculosis worldwide. Nonetheless, a global analysis of …

Mycobacterial evolution involves various processes, such as genome reduction, gene
cooption, and critical gene acquisition. Our comparative genome size analysis of 44 …

Poor understanding of the basic biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), the
etiological agent of tuberculosis, hampers development of much-needed drugs, vaccines …

Mycobacterial pathogens pose a sustained threat to human health. There is a critical need
for new diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccines targeting both tuberculous and …

Objective Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic respiratory infectious disease of domestic
livestock caused by intracellular Mycobacterium bovis infection, which causes~ $3 billion in …

The organisms that cause tuberculosis are responsible for debilitating, chronic disease
across a wide swathe of the human and non-human animal kingdoms, with multiple host …

Background Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus (MAB) is a highly drug resistant
mycobacterium and the most common respiratory pathogen among the rapidly growing non …

Myxobacteria are predatory bacteria with antimicrobial activity, utilizing complex
mechanisms to kill their prey and assimilate their macromolecules. Having large genomes …

Background Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosi s, a Gram-positive, facultative intracellular
pathogen, is the etiologic agent of the disease known as caseous lymphadenitis (CL). CL …