Highly Reduced Genome of the New Species Mycobacterium uberis, the Causative Agent of Nodular Thelitis and Tuberculoid Scrotitis in Livestock and a Close Relative of the Leprosy Bacilli
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DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00405-18
Abstract: M. uberis is an emerging skin pathogen in dairy animals. Its genome underwent massive reduction and gene decay, leading to a minimal set of genes required for an obligatory intracellular lifestyle, which highly resembles the… read more here.
Keywords: pathogen; leprosy bacilli; scrotitis; nodular thelitis ... See more keywords
British Red Squirrels Remain the Only Known Wild Rodent Host for Leprosy Bacilli
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00008
Abstract: Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) in the British Isles are the most recently discovered animal reservoir for the leprosy bacteria Mycobacterium leprae and Mycobacterium lepromatosis. Initial data suggest that prevalence of leprosy infection is variable… read more here.
Keywords: remain known; squirrels remain; red squirrels; squirrel ... See more keywords