Dr. Guimarães currently is analyzing the genetic makeup of
the Mycobacteria species that causes tuberculosis.
Not exact matches
What it does: This bacteria is most notorious for causing severe illnesses such as tuberculosis, leprosy, and Hansen's disease, though most
species of
mycobacteria in nature are benign in humans, unless in cases of those who have weakened immune systems.
Work led by MD Anderson pathologist Xiang - Yang Han, M.D., Ph.D., a professor in laboratory medicine, resulted in the discovery in 2008 of a new leprosy - causing
species, called
Mycobacterium lepromatosis.
Before that time, only one
species of bacteria, called
Mycobacterium leprae, was known to cause leprosy.
One key paper, published in the Journal of General Microbiology several months before the patent was filed, describes a way of distinguishing
species of
mycobacterium.
The microbiome study found an abundant population of bacteria that the researchers believe are novel «
Mycobacterium - like»
species not described previously, closely related to
Mycobacterium rhodesiae and
Mycobacterium tusciae.
Scientists have discovered a new
species of bacteria,
Mycobacterium mungi, that causes tuberculosis (TB) and is transmitted through the skin and nose of banded mongoose in Northern Botswana.
TB is caused by a bacterial
species called
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is treated with a combination of antibiotics.
Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of tuberculosis in a range of animal
species and man, with worldwide annual losses to agriculture of $ 3 billion.