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The evolving story of Mycobacterium tuberculosis clade members detected in fish.
Journal of fish diseases - 1 Sept 2006
Kaattari I M, Rhodes M W, Kaattari S L, Shotts E B
Abstract excerpt
Advances in molecular analyses have permitted documentation of an increasing spectrum of mycobacteria infecting fish. Although some of these mycobacteria are not closely related, several species belong to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis clade. One member of the clade, M. marinum, is well known as an agent of piscine mycobacteriosis. Three other clade species, M. shottsii, M. pseudoshottsii and M. 'chesapeaki',...
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