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 …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) refers to a group of mycobacteria
encompassing nine members of closely related species that causes tuberculosis in animals …

Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems, stress-responsive genetic elements ubiquitous in microbial
genomes, are unusually abundant in the major human pathogen Mycobacterium …

Molecular typing has revolutionized epidemiological studies of infectious diseases,
including those of a mycobacterial etiology. With the advent of fingerprinting techniques …

Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map) is an important pathogen that
causes a chronic, progressive granulomatous enteritis known as Johne's disease or …

Lateral genetic transfer (LGT) is a major source of phenotypic innovation among bacteria.
Determinants for antibiotic resistance and other adaptive traits can spread rapidly …

Many of the most virulent bacterial pathogens show low genetic diversity and sexual
isolation. Accordingly, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the deadliest human pathogen, is …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a globally distributed, lethal pathogen of humans. The
virulence armamentarium of M. tuberculosis appears to have been developed on a scaffold …

Mycobacteria are well known for their taxonomic diversity, their impact on global health, and
for their atypical cell wall and envelope. In addition to a cytoplasmic membrane and a …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), the cause of tuberculosis (TB), is estimated to infect a
new host every second. While analyses of genetic data from natural populations of M. tb …