Origin, spread and demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

Origin, spread and demography of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.

The evolutionary timing and spread of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), one of the most successful groups of bacterial pathogens, remains largely unknown. Here, using mycobacterial tandem repeat sequences as genetic markers, we show that the MTBC consists of two independent clades, one...

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Main Authors: Thierry Wirth, Falk Hildebrand, Caroline Allix-Béguec, Florian Wölbeling, Tanja Kubica, Kristin Kremer, Dick van Soolingen, Sabine Rüsch-Gerdes, Camille Locht, Sylvain Brisse, Axel Meyer, Philip Supply, Stefan Niemann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18802459/?tool=EBI

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