Palaeomicrobiology has detected the tuberculosis agent in animal and human skeletons
that are thousands of years old. The German doctor Robert Koch was the first microbiologist …

As we enter the twenty-first century, infectious diseases continue to burden populations
around the world. Both naturally occurring and intentionally introduced biological threats …

The distribution of 20 variable regions resulting from insertion-deletion events in the
genomes of the tubercle bacilli has been evaluated in a total of 100 strains of …

Tuberculosis has claimed its victims throughout much of known human history. It reached
epidemic proportions in Europe and North America during the 18th and 19th centuries …

The pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), causing tuberculosis disease, features an
extraordinary thick cell envelope, rich in Mtb-specific lipids, glycolipids, and glycans. These …

Bone and soft tissue samples from 85 ancient Egyptian mummies were analyzed for the
presence of ancient Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (aDNA) and further …

BACKGROUND: Until now, in the absence of direct microbiological evidence, the cause of
the Plague of Athens has remained a matter of debate among scientists who have relied …

During the past 10 years palaeomicrobiology, a new scientific discipline, has developed.
The study of ancient pathogens by direct detection of their DNA has answered several …

Much remains unknown of the phylogeny and evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, an
organism that kills 2 million people annually. Using a population-based approach that …

A paleomicrobiological study was performed on 37 skeletal tissue specimens from cadavers
in the necropolis of Thebes-West, Upper Egypt,(2120–500 BC) and four from the necropolis …