Marine sponge microbe provides insights into evolution and virulence of the tubercle bacillus.

Reconstructing the evolutionary origins of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, has helped identify bacterial factors that have led to the tubercle bacillus becoming such a formidable human pathogen. Here we report the discovery and detailed characterization of an e...

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Published in:	PLoS Pathogens
Main Authors:	Sacha J Pidot, Stephan Klatt, Louis S Ates, Wafa Frigui, Fadel Sayes, Laleh Majlessi, Hiroshi Izumi, Ian R Monk, Jessica L Porter, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Torsten Seemann, Ashley Otter, George Taiaroa, Gregory M Cook, Nicholas West, Nicholas J Tobias, John A Fuerst, Michael D Stutz, Marc Pellegrini, Malcolm McConville, Roland Brosch, Timothy P Stinear
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-08-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1012440