TABLE 1.
M. tuberculosis complex strains analyzed in this study
| Species | Isolate no. | Host | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. canettii | 10059a | Human | France |
| 971549b | Human | Swiss | |
| 94217b | Human | ||
| M. tuberculosis | H37Rvc | Human | United States |
| H37Rac | Human | United States | |
| CDC1551c | Human | United States | |
| 210c | Human | United States | |
| F11c | Human | South Africa | |
| Tb36a | Human | India | |
| 103a | Human | China | |
| 5116d | Human | ||
| 10270d | Human | ||
| 3046d | Human | ||
| 10775d | Human | ||
| 8128d | Human | ||
| M. bovis (including M. bovis BCG) | AF2122/97c | Cattle | UK |
| 60a | Oryx | Saudi Arabia | |
| 61a | Oryx | Netherlands | |
| AN5 | |||
| ATCC19210 | Cattle | United States | |
| BCG 1173P2 | Vaccine | ||
| M. microti | OV254a | Vole | UK |
| 56a | Vole | UK | |
| 15496e | Vole | UK | |
| M. pinnipedii | 1886f | Seal | Argentina |
| 0217f | Seal | Argentina | |
| M. africanumg | 2005-0479f | Human | |
| 2005-0419f | Human | ||
| IS960097a | Human | Guinea | |
| IS960102a | Human | Guinea | |
| IS960090a | Human | Sierra Leone | |
| IS960092a | Human | Sierra Leone | |
| IS960093a | Human | Sierra Leone |
a
Strains were previously described in Brosch et al. (20)
b
Strains were previously described in Pfyffer et al. (29)
c
Sequenced strains are available through the NCBI web site (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/)
d
Strains were previously described in Deshayes et al. (30)
e
Strains were previously described in Kremer et al. (28)
f
Strains are from this study
g
M. africanum isolates IS960090 and IS960092 belong to the subgroup containing the RD7, RD8, RD10, and RD11 region, whereas the others isolates are deleted for these regions (20)