Humans encounter mycobacterial species due to their ubiquity in different environmental
niches. In many individuals, pathogenic mycobacterial species may breach our first-line …

Transposable elements (TE), small mobile genetic elements unable to exist independently
of the host genome, were initially believed to be exclusively deleterious genomic parasites …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of human tuberculosis (TB) which
primarily infects the macrophages. Nearly a quarter of the world's population is infected …

In this paper, we present the MycoBrowser portal (http://mycobrowser. epfl. ch/), a resource
that provides both in silico generated and manually reviewed information within databases …

Recent evidence shows that mycobacteria have developed novel and specialized secretion
systems for the transport of extracellular proteins across their hydrophobic, and highly …

The first bacterial genome was sequenced in 1995, and the first archaeal genome in 1996.
Soon after these breakthroughs, an exponential rate of genome sequencing was …

Buruli ulcer, a chronic subcutaneous infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, is
increasing in prevalence in southeastern Australia. Possums are a local wildlife reservoir for …

Mycobacterium marinum, a ubiquitous pathogen of fish and amphibia, is a near relative of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of tuberculosis in humans. The genome of …

The phylum Actinobacteria harbors many important human pathogens and also provides
one of the richest sources of natural products, including numerous antibiotics and other …

Reductive evolution and massive pseudogene formation have shaped the 3.31-Mb genome
of Mycobacterium leprae, an unculturable obligate pathogen that causes leprosy in humans …