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Comparative Genetic Analysis of <i>Mycobacterium ulcerans</i> and <i>Mycobacterium marinum</i> Reveals Evidence of Recent Divergence
15 Nov 2000
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Previous studies of the 16S rRNA genes from Mycobacterium ulcerans and Mycobacterium marinum have suggested a very close genetic relationship between these species (99.6% identity). However, these organisms are phenotypically distinct and cause diseases with very different pathologies. To investigate this apparent paradox, we compared 3,306 nucleotides from the partial sequences of eight housekeeping and...
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