A New Dehydratase Conferring Innate Resistance to Thiacetazone and Intra-Amoebal Survival of Mycobacterium Smegmatis.
Carrere-Kremer, S., Blaise, M., Singh, V.K., Alibaud, L., Tuaillon, E., Halloum, I., Van De Weerd, R., Guerardel, Y., Drancourt, M., Takiff, H., Geurtsen, J., Kremer, L.(2015) Mol Microbiol 96: 1085
- PubMed: 25754266 
- DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12992
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4V12 - PubMed Abstract: 
Nontuberculous mycobacteria are innately resistant to most antibiotics, although the mechanisms responsible for their drug resistance remain poorly understood. They are particularly refractory to thiacetazone (TAC), a second-line antitubercular drug. Herein, we identified MSMEG_6754 as essential for the innate resistance of Mycobacterium smegmatis to TAC ...