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Mycobacterium microti

Known as: Mycobacterium muris, Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. muris 
A species of Mycobacterium that is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is the causative agent of tuberculosis in voles.
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2009
2009
Mycobacterium microti: More diverse than previously thought.
Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex of bacteria. This species was originally identified… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
PCR-based method to differentiate the subspecies of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex on the basis of genomic deletions.
The classical Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MtbC) subspecies include Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium africanum… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Recombinant BCG exporting ESAT-6 confers enhanced protection against tuberculosis
The live tuberculosis vaccines Mycobacterium bovis BCG (bacille Calmette-Guérin) and Mycobacterium microti both lack the potent… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
A new evolutionary scenario for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
The distribution of 20 variable regions resulting from insertion-deletion events in the genomes of the tubercle bacilli has been… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Loss of RD1 contributed to the attenuation of the live tuberculosis vaccines Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium microti.
Although large human populations have been safely immunized against tuberculosis with two live vaccines, Mycobacterium bovis BCG… (More)
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2002
2002
Bacterial artificial chromosome-based comparative genomic analysis identifies Mycobacterium microti as a natural ESAT-6 deletion mutant.
Mycobacterium microti is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex that causes tuberculosis in voles. Most strains of M… (More)
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2002
2002
Mycobacterium microti infection (vole tuberculosis) in wild rodent populations.
Mycobacterium microti (vole tuberculosis) infections in small wild mammals were first described more than 60 years ago in several… (More)
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1998
1998
Diagnosis of Mycobacterium microti infections among humans by using novel genetic markers.
As a result of DNA typing of Mycobacterium microti isolates from animals in the United Kingdom and The Netherlands, we diagnosed… (More)
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1998
1998
Mycobacterium microti: more widespread than previously thought.
Mycobacterium microti typically causes disease in voles, wood mice, and shrews (6). Only rarely has this bacterium been isolated… (More)
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
A novel pathogenic taxon of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, Canetti: characterization of an exceptional isolate from Africa.
In an attempt to characterize an unusual mycobacterial strain isolated from a 2-year-old Somali patient with lymphadenitis, we… (More)
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