Comparative Genomics Shows Differences in the Electron Transport and Carbon Metabolic Pathways of Mycobacterium africanum relative to Mycobacterium tuberculosis and suggests an adaptation to low oxygen tension
A. B. Ofori-Anyinam, A. Riley, T. Jobarteh, E. Gitteh, B. Sarr-Kuyateh, T. I. Faal-Jawara, L. Rigouts, M. Senghore, A. Kehinde, N. Onyejepu, M. Antonio, B. C. de Jong, F. Gehre, C. J. Meehan
The paper compares the genomes of Mycobacterium africanum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to identify mutations in electron transport and carbon metabolic pathways, suggesting adaptations to low oxygen environments.
bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2019Microbiology