Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 exhibits high levels of within-lineage genomic diversity and differing gene content compared to the type strain H37Rv
N'Dira Sanoussi, Mireia Coscollá, Boatema Ofori-Anyinam…·Conor Joseph Meehan
The paper identifies high within-lineage genomic diversity and gene content differences in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex lineage 5 compared to H37Rv, affecting transmission analysis and suggesting the need for alternative reference genomes.