Genome sequencing of Mycobacterium abscessus strains that infect the lungs suggests a possible shift in the bacterium's mode of infection from environmental acquisition to human transmission. This finding has clinical implications.
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Strong, M., Davidson, R. Bacterial transmission tactics. Nature 543, 495–496 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/543495a
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