Table 1 A comparison between estimates of the substitution rates (events per genome per year) taken from WGS analyses on M. tuberculosis and M. bovis, with the results of this study inserted in the final row
Published Source | Bacteria Species | Mean/Median | Lower | Upper | Host Sampled | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Walker et al., 2013 | M. tuberculosis | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Human | UK |
Bryant et al.,[63] | M. tuberculosis | 0.3 | NA | NA | Human | Netherlands |
Roetzer et al., [21] | M. tuberculosis | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | Human | Germany |
Biek et al., [22] | M. bovis | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.26 | Cattle/Badger | UK |
Trewby et al. 2015 | M. bovis | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | Cattle/Badger | UK |
Current Research | M. bovis | 0.53 | 0.22 | 0.94 | Cattle/Possum | New Zealand |