Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an infectious
disease with one of the highest morbidity and mortality rates worldwide. Leveraging its …

The causative agent of human tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC),
comprises seven phylogenetically distinct lineages associated with different geographical …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae have remained, for many years, the
primary species of the genus Mycobacterium of clinical and microbiological interest. The …

Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of tuberculosis in a range of animal species and
man, with worldwide annual losses to agriculture of $3 billion. The human burden of …

Tuberculosis, caused by the pathogenic bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is the
leading cause of death from an infectious disease, with a mortality rate of over a million …

New tools for controlling tuberculosis are urgently needed. Despite our emerging
understanding of the biogeography of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the implications for …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipids are indelibly imprinted in just about every key
aspect of tuberculosis (TB) basic and translational research. Although the interest in these …

Fifty million new infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis occur annually, claiming 2–3
million lives from tuberculosis worldwide. Despite the apparent lack of significant genetic …

Mycobacterium marinum, a ubiquitous pathogen of fish and amphibia, is a near relative of
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiologic agent of tuberculosis in humans. The genome of …

The factors that govern the development of tuberculosis disease are incompletely
understood. We hypothesized that some strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M …