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Query: NC_017026:1686500:1687580 Mycobacterium tuberculosis RGTB327 chromosome, complete genome

Start: 1687580, End: 1687897, Length: 318

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

General Information: Like other closely related Actinomycetales, such as Nocardia and Corynebacterium, mycobacteria have unusually high genomic DNA GC content and are capable of producing mycolic acids as major components of their cell wall. This bacterium is the causative agent of tuberculosis - a chronic infectious disease with a growing incidence worldwide. 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. This bacterium does not form a polysaccharide capsule, and is an extremely slow growing obligate aerobe. 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. 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. 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_016804:1679357:168192216819221682239318Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Mexico chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_019950:1689910:168991016899101690227318Mycobacterium canettii CIPT 140060008 complete genomeConserved protein of unknown function, putative toxin MazF46e-46182
NC_015848:1708176:171074117107411711058318Mycobacterium canettii CIPT 140010059, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_000962:1684005:168657016865701686887318Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_008769:1709078:171164317116431711960318Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Pasteur 1173P2, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_012207:1681971:168453616845361684853318Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Tokyo 172, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_002755:1684161:168672616867261687043318Mycobacterium tuberculosis CDC1551, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_002945:1680751:168331616833161683633318Mycobacterium bovis AF2122/97, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_009525:1685522:168808716880871688404318Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Ra, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_012943:2707677:272657927265792726896318Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 1435 chromosome, complete genometoxin6e-46182
NC_016768:2704350:272325227232522723569318Mycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 4207 chromosome, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182
NC_009565:1688642:169120716912071691524318Mycobacterium tuberculosis F11, complete genomehypothetical protein6e-46182