In today’s #MetagenomicsMonday: a study combining palaeopathology 🦴 and pathogen genomics 🧬🦠 revisits a presumed tuberculosis case from the North Caucasus. Instead of M. tuberculosis, ancient DNA of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae was recovered and a high-quality genome reconstructed (clade II, serotype 5), pointing to a different/more complex infectious scenario.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-37742-1
#SPAAM #aDNA #palaeopathology #pathogen #erysipeloid #genome #pathogengenome #ancientgenomics #metagenomics