Analysis of genome sequencing data from >100,000 genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex using TB-Annotator software revealed a previously unknown lineage, proposed name L10, in central Africa. Phylogenetic reconstruction suggests L10 could represent a missing link in the evolutionary and geographic migration histories of M. africanum.
Keywords: Democratic Republic of the Congo; L10; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; TB; bacteria; central Africa; lineage 10; pathogen diversification; respiratory infections; tuberculosis and other mycobacteria; tuberculosis emergence.