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Characterization of mycobacteria and mycobacteriophages isolated from compost at the São Paulo Zoo Park Foundation in Brazil and creation of the new mycobacteriophage Cluster U.
BMC microbiology - 17 Jun 2016
Lima-Junior James Daltro, Viana-Niero Cristina, Conde Oliveira Daniel V, Machado Gabriel Esquitini, Rabello Michelle Cristiane da Silva, Martins-Junior Joaquim, Martins Layla Farage, Digiampietri Luciano Antonio, da Silva Aline Maria, Setubal João Carlos, Russell Daniel A, Jacobs-Sera Deborah, Pope Welkin H, Hatfull Graham F, Leão Sylvia Cardoso
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A large collection of sequenced mycobacteriophages capable of infecting a single host strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis shows considerable genomic diversity with dozens of distinctive types (clusters) and extensive variation within those sharing evident nucleotide sequence similarity. Here we profiled the mycobacterial components of a large composting system at the São Paulo zoo. RESULTS: We isolated...
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