Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria should be considered a single species.

Authors :: Pidot SJ
Asiedu K
Käser M
Fyfe JA
Stinear TP
Source :: PLoS neglected tropical diseases [PLoS Negl Trop Dis] 2010 Jul 27; Vol. 4 (7), pp. e663. Date of Electronic Publication: 2010 Jul 27.
Publication Year :: 2010

Subjects :: Animals
DNA, Bacterial genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Humans
Macrolides
Mycobacterium genetics
Mycobacterium isolation & purification
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous veterinary
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Bacterial Toxins metabolism
Mycobacterium classification
Mycobacterium metabolism

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