Mycobacterial biomaterials and resources for researchers.

Authors: Hazbón, Manzour Hernando and Rigouts, Leen and Schito, Marco and Ezewudo, Matthew and Kudo, Takuji and Itoh, Takashi and Ohkuma, Moriya and Kiss, Katalin and Wu, Linhuan and Ma, Juncai and Hamada, Moriyuki and Strong, Michael and Salfinger, Max and Daley, Charles L and Nick, Jerry A and Lee, Jung-Sook and Rastogi, Nalin and Couvin, David and Hurtado-Ortiz, Raquel and Bizet, Chantal and Suresh, Anita and Rodwell, Timothy and Albertini, Audrey and Lacourciere, Karen A and Deheer-Graham, Ana and Alexander, Sarah and Russell, Julie E and Bradford, Rebecca and Riojas, Marco A

There are many resources available to mycobacterial researchers, including culture collections around the world that distribute biomaterials to the general scientific community, genomic and clinical databases, and powerful bioinformatics tools. However, many of these resources may be unknown to the research community. This review article aims to summarize and publicize many of these resources, thus strengthening the quality and reproducibility of mycobacterial research by providing the scientific community access to authenticated and quality-controlled biomaterials and a wealth of information, analytical tools and research opportunities.

Journal: Pathogens and disease
DOI: 10.1093/femspd/fty042
Year: 2018

Read publication