The recombination-cold region as an epidemiological marker of recombinogenic opportunistic pathogen Mycobacterium avium

Abstract Background The rapid identification of lineage remains a challenge in the genotyping of clinical isolates of recombinogenic pathogens. The chromosome of Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH), an agent of Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease, is often mosaic and is composed...

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Main Authors: Hirokazu Yano, Haruo Suzuki, Fumito Maruyama, Tomotada Iwamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Subjects:
MAC
NTM
SNP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12864-019-6078-2