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The phylogeny of mycobacteria indicates that pathogenic species originated from saprophytic ones. The following hypothesis will attempt to indicate one of the possible ways in which pathogenicity developed in previously saprophytic species.
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Kazda, J. (2000). The Possible convergence towards pathogenicity in environmentally-derived mycobacteria. In: The Ecology of Mycobacteria. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4102-4_6
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