Phylogenomics of mycobacterium africanum reveals a new lineage and a complex evolutionary history

Author(s):

Mireia Coscolla, Sebastien Gagneux, Fabrizio Menardo, Chloé Loiseau, Paula Ruiz-Rodriguez, Sonia Borrell, Isaac Darko Otchere, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Prince Asare, Leonor Sánchez-Busó, Florian Gehre, C. N’Dira Sanoussi, Martin Antonio, Dissou Affolabi, Janet Fyfe, Patrick Beckert, Stefan Niemann, Abraham S. Alabi, Martin P. Grobusch, Robin Kobbe, Julian Parkhill, Christian Beisel, Lukas Fenner, Erik C. Böttger, Conor J. Meehan, Simon R. Harris, Bouke C. de Jong, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Daniela Brites

Details:

Microbial Genomics, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2021-01-01, Article number 000477

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Affiliations:

• ETH Zürich
• Universität Zürich
• Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Universitat de València
• Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
• Universität Basel
• Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
• London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• University of Bradford
• Nuffield Department of Medicine
• Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute Swiss TPH
• Prins Leopold Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
• The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
• Bernhard Nocht Institut fur Tropenmedizin Hamburg
• Forschungszentrum Borstel - Zentrum für Medizin und Biowissenschaften
• Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research
• Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine
• Department of Veterinary Medicine
• Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné
• Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems
• Ministry of Health
• East African Community Secretariat
• Microbiotica Limited