title: Mycobacterium ulcerans and other mycolactone-producing mycobacteria should be considered a single species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Sacha J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pidot
authors.forename: Kingsley
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Asiedu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Käser
authors.forename: Janet A M
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fyfe
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Stinear
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018942:Macrolides; C117218:mycolactone