Hannah Liu

3 weeks ago | biorxiv.org | Christopher Brown |Brendon Lee |Hannah Liu |Amy Wu

AbstractMycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is an obligate human pathogen that depends on its ability to spread from host-to-host to survive as a species. Yet, knowledge of transmission-specific traits remains lacking. Here, we report the discovery of a specific adaptive response to desiccation, a stress intrinsically linked to the generation of the aerosol droplets within which Mtb transmits.