Comparative Genomics of Field Isolates of Mycobacterium bovis and M. caprae Provides Evidence for Possible Correlates with Bacterial Viability and Virulence.

• Main Authors: José de la Fuente (Author), Iratxe Díez-Delgado (Author), Marinela Contreras (Author), Joaquín Vicente (Author), Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz (Author), Raquel Tobes (Author), Marina Manrique (Author), Vladimir López (Author), Beatriz Romero (Author), Javier Bezos (Author), Lucas Dominguez (Author), Iker A Sevilla (Author), Joseba M Garrido (Author), Ramón Juste (Author), Guillermo Madico (Author), Edward Jones-López (Author), Christian Gortazar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Mycobacteria of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) greatly affect humans and animals worldwide. The life cycle of mycobacteria is complex and the mechanisms resulting in pathogen infection and survival in host cells are not fully understood. Recently, comparative genomics analyses have pr...