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Genetic diversity within diagnostic sputum samples is mirrored in the culture of Mycobacterium tuberculosis across different settings.
Nature communications - 5 Sept 2024
Mariner-Llicer Carla, Goig Galo A, Torres-Puente Manuela, Vashakidze Sergo, Villamayor Luis M, Saavedra-Cervera Belén, Mambuque Edson, Khurtsilava Iza, Avaliani Zaza, Rosenthal Alex, Gabrielian Andrei, Shurgaia Marika, Shubladze Natalia, García-Basteiro Alberto L, López Mariana G, Comas Iñaki
Abstract excerpt
Culturing and genomic sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) from tuberculosis (TB) cases is the basis for many research and clinical applications. The alternative, culture-free sequencing from diagnostic samples, is promising but poses challenges to obtain and analyse the MTB genome. Paradoxically, culture is assumed to impose a diversity bottleneck, which, if true, would entail unexplored consequences....
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