Mycobacterium ulcerans is a species of bacteria found in various aquatic environments. The bacteria can infect humans and some other animals, causing persistent open wounds called Buruli ulcer. M. ulcerans is closely related to Mycobacterium marinum, from which it evolved around one million years ago, and more distantly to the mycobacteria which cause tuberculosisand leprosy.
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| Mycobacterium ulcerans MacCallum et al. 1950 | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_ulcerans
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