Melissa Cristaldo

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2025

Genes required for Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive the transition from aerosol to pulmonary alveolar lining fluid and early infection in a model of transmission

·doi:10.1101/2025.09.15.676370

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) must survive multiple changes in environment for aerosol transmission. Our genome-wide screen for rehydration of modeled aerosols in surrogate pulmonary alveolar lining fluid identified a survival-sustaining…