Parallel Emergence and Adaptive Evolution of Multicountry Circulating Mycobacterium abscessus Clones
Chendi Zhu, Mingyu Gan, Yu Jie Zhou, Kelly L Eick, Chase Solomon, Tingting Yang, Anne E Friedland, Jane E. Gross, Melissa B. Miller, Kenneth N. Olivier, Junhao Zhu, Weimin Li, Qingyun Liu
The paper analyzes global M. abscessus genomes to show that recently emerged clones spread across countries and show shifts in selective pressures during expansion.
bioRxiv · Aug 3, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology