Advances in Molecular Biology on Mycobacteria: 2nd Edition
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 May 2025 | Viewed by 437
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Interests: mycobacteria
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Dear Colleagues,
First discovered in 1874 by Armauer Hansen, the genus Mycobacterium, with more than 220 species known to date, is the only genus of the Mycobacteriaceae family. Commonly, they are subdivided into three different groups—the members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC), Mycobacterium leprae and non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)—that can be classified into strict pathogens (MTC, M. leprae and some NTM) and opportunistic and saprophyte species (the majority of NTM). MTC members have already been declared as a world health problem and a public health threat; however, NTM are emerging as severe disease causative agents and there is a need to enhance their management, as their correct identification is essential for diagnosis and eventual outbreak detection.
For this Special Issue of IJMS, we intend to focus on recent developments regarding diagnosis, resistance detection and molecular surveillance using molecular methodologies and research on the members of the genus Mycobacterium. Original research papers and up-to-date review articles are welcome.
Dr. Rita Macedo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genus Mycobacterium
- non-tuberculous mycobacteria
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium leprae
- molecular diagnosis
- molecular surveillance methodologies
- molecular resistance prediction
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