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org/10.1126/science.1058040
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Consortium (2001) Initial sequencing and
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1038/nature03001
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(2019) GenBank and WGS Statistics.
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9781118960608.gbm00029
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in the genus Mycobacterium. Infect Genet
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j.meegid.2019.103983
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and comparative genomic studies robustly
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into an emended genus Mycobacterium and
four novel genera. Front Microbiol 9:67.
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00067
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RJ Jr, Wengenack N, van Ingen J (2019) Same
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13993003.00795-2019
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(2017) Genomic characterization of nontuberculous mycobacteria. Sci Rep 7:45258.
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Grottola A, Giacobazzi E, Serpini GF,
Tagliazucchi S, Fabio A, Bettua C,
Bertorelli R, Frascaro F, De Sanctis V,
Pecorari M, Jousson O, Segata N, Cirillo
DM (2017) The new phylogeny of the genus
Mycobacterium: the old and the news. Infect
Genet Evol 56:19–25. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.meegid.2017.10.013
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future species definitions for Bacteria and
Archaea.
Syst
Appl
Microbiol
38
(4):209–216.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
syapm.2015.02.001
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Rastogi N, Hazbon MH (2018) Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that
Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium
bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium
microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are
later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 68
(1):324–332.
https://doi.org/10.1099/
ijsem.0.002507
Mycobacterial ID and Characterization Using WGS
445
