Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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berculosis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium caprae
online | memorias.ioc.fiocruz.br Bovine tuberculosis (BTB) is an infectious disease primarily caused by Mycobacterium bovis, which affects a wide range of mammals, including humans (Amanfu 2006). M. bovis is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), which also includes M. tuberculosis, Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium canetti, Mycobacterium microti, Mycobacterium caprae a...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1466-5026,1466-5034
DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.002507