Mycobacterium ulcerans and Other Mycolactone-Producing Mycobacteria Should Be Considered a Single Species

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The nomenclature of Mycobacterium ulcerans has become confused with the discovery that other mycobacteria that are not necessarily associated with Buruli ulcer also produce the lipid toxin mycolactone. These mycobacteria—collectively known as mycolactone-producing mycobacteria (MPM)—have been given a variety of species names, including Mycobacterium shinshuense, Mycobacterium pseudoshottsii, Mycobacterium...

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