Genus Mycobacterium

Known as: MYCOBACTERIUM, Mycobacteria 
A genus of gram-positive, aerobic bacteria. Most species are free-living in soil and water, but the major habitat for some is the diseased tissue of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mycobacterium tuberculosis isocitrate lyases 1 and 2 are jointly required for in vivo growth and virulence
Genes involved in fatty acid catabolism have undergone extensive duplication in the genus Mycobacterium, which includes the… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Autophagy Is a Defense Mechanism Inhibiting BCG and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Survival in Infected Macrophages
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an intracellular pathogen persisting within phagosomes through interference with phagolysosome… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Transcriptional Adaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis within Macrophages Insights into the Phagosomal Environment
Little is known about the biochemical environment in phagosomes harboring an infectious agent. To assess the state of this… (More)
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium bovis.
Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of tuberculosis in a range of animal species and man, with worldwide annual losses to… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Whole-genome comparison of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical and laboratory strains.
Virulence and immunity are poorly understood in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We sequenced the complete genome of the M… (More)
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Review
2001
Review
2001
Nonreplicating persistence of mycobacterium tuberculosis.
There is ample clinical evidence, as well as evidence from animal experiments, that Mycobacterium tuberculosis can persist in… (More)
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence
Countless millions of people have died from tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus. The… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Simultaneous detection and strain differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis for diagnosis and epidemiology.
Widespread use of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) to differentiate strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to… (More)
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Restricted structural gene polymorphism in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex indicates evolutionarily recent global dissemination.
One-third of humans are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. Sequence analysis of two… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Isolation and characterization of efficient plasmid transformation mutants of Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Recent development of vectors and methodologies to introduce recombinant DNA into members of the genus Mycobacterium has provided… (More)
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