Performance and application of 16S rRNA gene cycle sequencing for routine identification of bacteria in the clinical microbiology laboratory

DL Church, L Cerutti, A Gürtler, T Griener… - Clinical microbiology …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
This review provides a state-of-the-art description of the performance of Sanger cycle
sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene for routine identification of bacteria in the clinical …

[HTML][HTML] Human tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex: A review on genetic diversity, pathogenesis and omics approaches in host biomarkers …

RD Kanabalan, LJ Lee, TY Lee, PP Chong… - Microbiological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) refers to a group of mycobacteria
encompassing nine members of closely related species that causes tuberculosis in animals …

A sister lineage of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex discovered in the African Great Lakes region

JCS Ngabonziza, C Loiseau, M Marceau… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The human-and animal-adapted lineages of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC) are thought to have expanded from a common progenitor in Africa. However, the …

Phylogenomics of Mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history

M Coscolla, S Gagneux, F Menardo… - Microbial …, 2021 - microbiologyresearch.org
Human tuberculosis (TB) is caused by members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
(MTBC). The MTBC comprises several human-adapted lineages known as M. tuberculosis …

The molecular clock of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

F Menardo, S Duchêne, D Brites, S Gagneux - PLoS pathogens, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The molecular clock and its phylogenetic applications to genomic data have changed how
we study and understand one of the major human pathogens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis …

Evolution and emergence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

M Orgeur, C Sous, J Madacki… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history,
prevailing even in the 21st century. The causative agents of TB are represented by a group …

[HTML][HTML] Zoonotic tuberculosis–the changing landscape

R Kock, AL Michel, D Yeboah-Manu, EI Azhar… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite slow reductions in the annual burden of active human tuberculosis (TB) cases,
zoonotic TB (zTB) remains a poorly monitored and an important unaddressed global …

Tuberculosis caused by Mycobacterium africanum: Knowns and unknowns

ML Silva, B Cá, NS Osório, PNS Rodrigues… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Tuberculosis (TB), one of the deadliest threats to human health, is mainly caused by 2 highly
related and human-adapted bacteria broadly known as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and …

New insights into the mycobacterial PE and PPE proteins provide a framework for future research

LS Ates - Molecular microbiology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The PE and PPE proteins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been studied with great
interest since their discovery. Named after the conserved proline (P) and glutamic acid (E) …

Geographically dispersed zoonotic tuberculosis in pre-contact South American human populations

ÅJ Vågene, TP Honap, KM Harkins… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Previous ancient DNA research has shown that Mycobacterium pinnipedii, which today
causes tuberculosis (TB) primarily in pinnipeds, infected human populations living in the …