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Query: NC_012943:830000:842145 Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 1435 chromosome, complete genome

Start: 842145, End: 842402, Length: 258

Host Lineage: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria

General Information: M. tuberculosis strain KZN 1435 was isolated from a patient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This strain is multidrug-resistant (resistant to isoniazid and rifampin). This bacterium is the causative agent of tuberculosis - a chronic infectious disease with a growing incidence worldwide. This species is responsible for more morbidity in humans than any other bacterial disease. It infects 1.7 billion people a year (~33% of the entire world population) and causes over 3 million deaths/year. This bacterium does not form a polysaccharide capsule, and is an extremely slow growing obligate aerobe. The sluggish growth rate is a result of the tough cell wall that resists the passage of nutrients into the cell and inhibits waste products to be excreted out of the cell. The specialized cell envelope of this organism resembles a modified Gram positive cell wall. The envelope contains the typical polypeptide layer, the peptidoglycan layer, and free lipids. It also contains complex fatty acids, such as mycolic acids, that cause the waxy appearance and impermeability of the envelope. These acids are found bound to the cell envelope, but also form cord factors when linked with a carbohydrate component to form a cord-like structure. These fatty acid-carbohydrate complexes inhibit phago-lysosome fusion and are often considered to be indicators of virulent strains. The cell envelope also includes adhesins and aggressions, but does not contain any known toxins. Primary infection occurs by inhalation of the organism in droplets that are aerosolized by an infected person. The organism initially replicates in cells of the terminal airways, after which it is taken up by, and replicates in, alveolar macrophages. Macrophages distribute the organism to other areas of the lungs and the regional lymph nodes. Once a cell-mediated hypersensitivity immune response develops, replication of the organism decreases and the bacteria become restricted to developing granulomas.




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SubjectStartEndLengthSubject Host DescriptionCDS descriptionE-valueBit score
NC_002755:831397:843079843079843345267Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551, complete genomehypothetical protein2e-41167
NC_017026:829444:841443841443841700258Mycobacterium tuberculosis RGTB327 chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_016804:831500:843009843009843266258Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Mexico chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_016768:830000:842149842149842406258Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 4207 chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_012207:831030:843090843090843347258Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Tokyo 172, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_002945:831029:843137843137843394258Mycobacterium bovis AF2122/97, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_009565:833076:844816844816845073258Mycobacterium tuberculosis F11, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_008769:860670:872730872730872987258Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Pasteur 1173P2, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167
NC_009525:830513:842253842253842510258Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra, complete genomehypothetical protein3e-41167