Table 2.

A list of selected Mycobacterium type strains available at ATCC.

Mycobacterium species	Type strain	Source
Mycobacterium abscessus subsp. abscessus	ATCC 19977	Human infection (knee)
Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium	ATCC 25291	Liver of diseased hen, Denmark
Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. chelonae	ATCC 35752	Tortoise, England, UK
Mycobacterium fortuitum subsp. fortuitum	ATCC 6841	Cold abscess, Human, Brazil
Mycobacterium kansasii	ATCC 12478	Inguinal Sinus, Human, USA
Mycobacterium marinum	ATCC 927	Fish, USA
Mycobacterium septicum	ATCC 700731	Venous catheter, 2-year-old cancer patient, Australia
Mycobacterium simiae	ATCC 25275	Macaca mulatta, Hungary
Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. tuberculosis	ATCC 27294	H37Rv: derived from H37, Lung, Human, New York, USA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. bovis	ATCC 19210	Lymph node, 6 month heifer, Iowa, USA
Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. microti	ATCC 19422	Field vole, England, UK
Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. pinnipedii	ATCC BAA-688	Lung, seal, Australia
Mycobacterium ulcerans	ATCC 19423	Leg ulcer, Human, Australia
Mycobacterium xenopi	ATCC 19250	Adult, female toad, England, UK