Figure 6From: Evidence for a rapid rate of molecular evolution at the hypervariable and immunogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis PPE38 gene regionPhylogeny of Mycobacterial species. Phylogenetic tree of 80 members of the genus Mycobacterium based on the 16S rRNA DNA sequence with the sequence of the species Gordonia aichiensis as the outgroup. Reproduced from ref [2] with permission from the authors. MTBC members analysed in this study are highlighted in yellow, while other mycobacteria analysed are highlighted in green.Back to article page