Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria should be considered a single species

PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Jul 27;4(7):e663. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000663.

Authors

Sacha J Pidot¹, Kingsley Asiedu, Michael Käser, Janet A M Fyfe, Timothy P Stinear

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacterial Toxins / metabolism*
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Evolution, Molecular
Humans
Macrolides
Mycobacterium / classification*
Mycobacterium / genetics
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification
Mycobacterium / metabolism*
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / microbiology
Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / veterinary
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

Bacterial Toxins
DNA, Bacterial
Macrolides
mycolactone