High-Throughput Carbon Substrate Profiling of Mycobacterium ulcerans Suggests Potential Environmental Reservoirs.

• Autori principali: Dezemon Zingue (Autore), Amar Bouam (Autore), Muriel Militello (Autore), Michel Drancourt (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Mycobacterium ulcerans is a close derivative of Mycobacterium marinum and the agent of Buruli ulcer in some tropical countries. Epidemiological and environmental studies pointed towards stagnant water ecosystems as potential sources of M. ulcerans, yet the ultimate reservoirs remain elusi...