Table 1.

MTBC‐positive samples used for the development of the HRM assays 2 and 3

Species	Host	HRM assay 2	HRM assay 3
		No. of isolates	No. of isolates
Cultured material (n = 39)
M. tuberculosis	Elephant	3
M. caprae	Cow	7
M. bovis	Cow	15	15
M. microti	Cat	8
M. microti	Alpaca	3
M. microti	Llama	2
M. microti	Wild boar (Spain)	1
Clinical samples (n = 23)
M. tuberculosis	Elephant	2
M. caprae	Cow	4
M. bovis	Cow	7	7
M. microti	Cat	5
M. microti	Alpaca	3
M. microti	Llama	2
Total		62	22

Thirty‐nine isolates obtained from cultured material, whereas 23 samples were clinical samples directly extracted from tissue samples. Sixty‐one samples were derived from Switzerland, whereas one isolate originated from Spain.