Analysis of the Allelic Diversity of the Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains of the Beijing Family: Practical Implications and Evolutionary Considerations

• Published in: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
• Main Authors: Mokrousov, Igor, Narvskaya, Olga, Limeschenko, Elena, Vyazovaya, Anna, Otten, Tatiana, Vyshnevskiy, Boris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Microbiology (medical); Gaston; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.42.6.2438-2444.2004; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/JCM.42.6.2438-2444.2004

ABSTRACT A study set comprised 44 Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains of the Beijing family selected for their representativeness among those previously characterized by IS 6110 -RFLP and spoligotyping (Northwest Russia, 1997 to 2003). In the present study, these strains were subjected to mycobacteri...