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Mycobacterium
ulcerans
97-107 
Section: 1
No: 56
Lineage: Actinobacteria, Actinobacteria, Actinobacteridae, Actinomycetales, Corynebacterineae, Nocardiaceae
Contributor: K. Nakanaga
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M. ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli ulcer produces an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic macrolide, mycolactone A/B, which is thought to play a major role in virulence. Genes for mycolactone biosynthesis are on a 174 kb giant plasmid known as pMUM001.
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Secondary Metabolites:  mycolactone
References:
PMID: 16507896
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