The Human Pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the Fish Pathogen Mycobacterium marinum Trigger a Core Set of Late Innate Immune Response Genes in Zebrafish Larvae
Zebrafish is a natural host of various Mycobacterium species and a surrogate model organism for tuberculosis research.Mycobacterium marinum is evolutionarily one of the closest non-tuberculous species related to M.tuberculosis and shares the majority of virulence Pastry Rings genes.Although zebrafish is not a natural host of the human pathogen, we