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Mycobacterium marinum strains can be divided into two distinct types based on genetic diversity and virulence.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2004
van der Sar Astrid M, Abdallah Abdallah M, Sparrius Marion, Reinders Erik, Vandenbroucke-Grauls Christina M J E, Bitter Wilbert
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Mycobacterium marinum causes a systemic tuberculosis-like disease in a large number of poikilothermic animals and is used as a model for mycobacterial pathogenesis. In the present study, we infected zebra fish (Danio rerio) with different strains of M. marinum to determine the variation in pathogenicity. Depending on the M. marinum isolate, the fish developed an acute or chronic disease. Acute disease was...
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