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| Title |
On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer
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| Published in |
BMC Genomics, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2164-13-258 |
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| Authors |
Kenneth D Doig, Kathryn E Holt, Janet AM Fyfe, Caroline J Lavender, Miriam Eddyani, Françoise Portaels, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear |
| Abstract |
Mycobacterium ulcerans is an unusual bacterial pathogen with elusive origins. While closely related to the aquatic dwelling M. marinum, M. ulcerans has evolved the ability to produce the immunosuppressive polyketide toxin mycolactone and cause the neglected tropical disease Buruli ulcer. Other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria (MPM) have been identified in fish and frogs and given distinct species designations (M. pseudoshottsii, M. shinshuense, M. liflandii and M. marinum), however the evolution of M. ulcerans and its relationship to other MPM has not been defined. Here we report the comparative analysis of whole genome sequences from 30 MPM and five M. marinum. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 155 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Uganda | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 151 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 30 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 24 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 7% |
| Other | 21 | 14% |
| Unknown | 28 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 39 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 27 | 17% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 23 | 15% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 8% |
| Engineering | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 15 | 10% |
| Unknown | 32 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 August 2012.
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