Decrypting the environmental sources of Mycobacterium canettii by high-throughput biochemical profiling.

Mycobacterium canettii is a smooth bacillus related to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It causes lymph nodes and pulmonary tuberculosis in patients living in countries of the Horn of Africa, including Djibouti. The environmental reservoirs of M. canettii are still unknown. We aimed to furthe...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Loukil, Fériel Bouzid, Djaltou Aboubaker Osman, Michel Drancourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222078