Mycobacterium ulcerans (bacteria)

Known as: Mycobacterium buruli, Mycobacterium ulcerans 
A species of aerobic, Gram-positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Actinobacteria. This species is acid-fast, catalase, urease and… (More)
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Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer.
Mycobacterium ulcerans is found in aquatic ecosystems and causes Buruli ulcer in humans, a neglected but devastating necrotic… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Mycobacterium ulcerans in Mosquitoes Captured during Outbreak of Buruli Ulcer, Southeastern Australia
Buruli ulcer (BU) occurs in >30 countries. The causative organism, Mycobacterium ulcerans, is acquired from the environment, but… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Evolution of Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria from a common Mycobacterium marinum progenitor.
It had been assumed that production of the cytotoxic polyketide mycolactone was strictly associated with Mycobacterium ulcerans… (More)
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2007
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2007
Development and application of two multiplex real-time PCR assays for the detection of Mycobacterium ulcerans in clinical and environmental samples.
Mycobacterium ulcerans is a slow-growing environmental bacterium that causes a severe skin disease known as Buruli ulcer. PCR has… (More)
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2007
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2007
Selective suppression of dendritic cell functions by Mycobacterium ulcerans toxin mycolactone
Mycolactone is a polyketide toxin produced by Mycobacterium ulcerans (Mu), the causative agent of the skin disease Buruli ulcer… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Giant plasmid-encoded polyketide synthases produce the macrolide toxin of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Mycobacterium ulcerans (MU), an emerging human pathogen harbored by aquatic insects, is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a… (More)
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2004
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2004
Aquatic plants stimulate the growth of and biofilm formation by Mycobacterium ulcerans in axenic culture and harbor these bacteria in the environment.
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, one of the most common mycobacterial diseases of humans. Recent… (More)
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2004
Highly Cited
2004
Aquatic snails, passive hosts of Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Accumulative indirect evidence of the epidemiology of Mycobacterium ulcerans infections causing chronic skin ulcers (i.e., Buruli… (More)
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
Heterogeneity of mycolactones produced by clinical isolates of Mycobacterium ulcerans: implications for virulence.
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer, a severe necrotizing skin disease endemic in tropical countries… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Aquatic insects as a vector for Mycobacterium ulcerans.
Mycobacterium ulcerans is an emerging environmental pathogen which causes chronic skin ulcers (i.e., Buruli ulcer) in otherwise… (More)
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