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Mycobacteriophage-drived diversification of Mycobacterium abscessus.
Biology direct - 15 Sept 2014
Sassi Mohamed, Gouret Philippe, Chabrol Olivier, Pontarotti Pierre, Drancourt Michel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mycobacterium abscessus is an emerging opportunistic pathogen which diversity was acknowledged by the recent description of two subspecies accommodating M. abscessus, Mycobacterium bolletii and Mycobacterium massiliense isolates. RESULTS: Here, genome analysis found 1-8 prophage regions in 47/48 M. abscessus genomes ranging from small prophage-like elements to complete prophages. A total of 20,304...
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