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. 2018 Nov 29;41(4):884–892. doi: 10.1590/1678-4685-GMB-2018-0035

Table 1. Descriptions of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains.

Sequences Descriptions of the strains
Seq1_DS Strain was isolated in Russia belonging to the AI family (according to RFLP genotyping) and it is sensitive to all common drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis.
Seq2_DS Susceptible strain representing the largest portion of tuberculosis isolates recovered during an epidemic in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Seq3_DS Susceptible strain belonging to the Beijing family, sequenced for comparative genomic studies.
Seq4_DR Resistant strain isolated in 2004, referring to a patient with secondary pulmonary tuberculosis, sequenced for comparative genomic studies.
Seq5_DR Drug-resistant strain, having an accelerated rate of transmission between humans under agglomeration conditions.
Seq6_MDR Strain from a single patient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Seq7_XDR Strain from a single patient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Seq8_DS Susceptible strain used for comparative genomic studies.
Seq9_DS Susceptible strain derived from the original human lung H37, isolated in 1934. It has been widely used all over the world in biomedical research. Unlike some clinical isolates, it retains total virulence in animals with tuberculosis and is susceptible to drugs and receptive to genetic manipulation.
Seq10_DS A virulent susceptible strain derived from its virulent parent strain H37 (isolated from a 19-year-old male patient with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis, named Edward R. Baldwin in 1905). This strain was obtained through an aging and dissociation process of an in vitro culture in 1935.