Is Mycobacterium tuberculosis a closer relative to Gram-positive or Gram-negative bacterial pathogens?

Tuberculosis

Volumn 82, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 85-90

  Fu, L M ^a   Fu Liu, C S ^a  

^a Pac TB/Cancer Res Organization   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM STAINING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036397455     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tube.2002.0328     Document Type: Article

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