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Gene and whole genome analyses reveal that the mycobacterial strain JS623 is not a member of the species Mycobacterium smegmatis.
Microbial biotechnology - 1 Mar 2016
Garcia Maria J, Gola Susanne
Abstract excerpt
Unexpected differences were found between the genome of strain JS623, used in bioremediation studies, and the genome of strain mc(2) 155, a model organism for investigating basic biology of mycobacteria. Both strains are currently assigned in the databases to the species Mycobacterium smegmatis and, consequently, the environmental isolate JS623 is increasingly included as a representative of that species in...
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