Impact of genetic diversity on the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Niemann, Stefan ^a,b   Merker, Matthias ^a   Kohl, Thomas ^a   Supply, Philip ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER BORSTEL   (Germany)

^b German Center for Infection Research   (Germany)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PHYLOGENY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85011706135     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.TBTB2-0022-2016     Document Type: Article

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