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Fitness study of the RDRio lineage and LAM family of mycobacterium tuberculosis in the city of Rio Grande, Brazil
(2010)RDRio is a novel Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineage of the Latin American– Mediterranean (LAM) family. LAM has been found worldwide but is more predominant in South America. The aim of this study was to assess the presence ... -
Growth kinetics of mycobacterium tuberculosis measured by quantitative resazurin reduction assay: a tool for fitness studies
(2010)We standardized a method to evaluate the growth kinetics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by measuring quantitatively the reduction of resazurin by spectrophotometry. Growth curves and the rate of growth of twenty-one M. ...