The genome of Mycobacterium africanum West African 2 reveals a lineage-specific locus and genome erosion common to the M. tuberculosis complex

SD Bentley; I Comas; JM Bryant; D Walker; NH Smith; SR Harris; S Thurston; S Gagneux; J Wood; M Antonio; MA Quail; F Gehre; RA Adegbola; J Parkhill; BC de Jong

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001552

The genome of Mycobacterium africanum West African 2 reveals a lineage-specific locus and genome erosion common to the M. tuberculosis complex

SD Bentley, I Comas, JM Bryant, D Walker, NH Smith, SR Harris, S Thurston, S Gagneux, J Wood, M Antonio, MA Quail, F Gehre, RA Adegbola, J Parkhill, BC de Jong

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Original language	English
Journal	PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	e1552
ISSN	1935-2727
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001552
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Bacterial diseases
Tuberculosis
Mycobacterium africanum
Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
Phenotyping
Sequencing
Genetics
Strains
Genomics
Pseudogenes
Phylogeography
Africa-West

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Bentley, SD., Comas, I., Bryant, JM., Walker, D., Smith, NH., Harris, SR., Thurston, S., Gagneux, S., Wood, J., Antonio, M., Quail, MA., Gehre, F., Adegbola, RA., Parkhill, J., & de Jong, BC. (2012). The genome of Mycobacterium africanum West African 2 reveals a lineage-specific locus and genome erosion common to the M. tuberculosis complex. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(2), e1552. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001552

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