Table 2.

Bioinformatics tools for genotyping and drug-resistant TB.

Bioinformatics Tools	Type	Genotyping
PhyTB	Online	SNP
CASTB	Online	4a
TGS-TB	Online	4b
KvarQ	Stand-alone	SNP/Spol
TB-Profiler	Online	SNP
PhyResSE	Online	SNP

Legend: PhyTB—phylogenetic tree visualization and sample positioning for Mycobacterium tuberculosis; CASTB—comprehensive analysis server for the complex M. tuberculosis; TGS-TB—Total Genotyping Solution for M. tuberculosis; KvarQ—tool that directly scans fastq files of bacterial genome sequences for known variants; TB-Profiler—Profiling tool for M. tuberculosis to detect drug resistance and lineage from Whole-Genome Sequencing Data; PhyResSE—a Web Tool Delineating M. tuberculosis Antibiotic Resistance and Lineage from Whole-Genome Sequencing Data; SNP—single nucleotide polymorphisms; Spol—database.