TABLE 1.

Mycobacterial strains studied^a

ITM strain no.	Species	Origin	Growth conditions (wk/°C)
5142	M. ulcerans	ATCC 19423	8/33
5146	M. ulcerans	DRCb	8/33
5147	M. ulcerans	Australia	8/33
5150	M. ulcerans	DRC	8/33
9146	M. ulcerans	Benin	8/33
9550	M. ulcerans	DRC	8/33
97-112	M. ulcerans	Benin	8/33
97-116	M. ulcerans	Benin	8/33
94-511	M. ulcerans	Ivory Coast	8/33
94-1317	M. ulcerans	Australia	8/33
94-1326	M. ulcerans	Australia	8/33
7732	M. marinum	ATCC 927	2/33
8171	M. tuberculosis	Rwanda	6/37
96-319	M. bovis	Belgium	6/37
4995	M. smegmatis	ATCC 607	1/37
97-461	M. fortuitum	ATCC 12790	1/37
5077	M. gordonae	Belgium	3/37

^aAll strains were isolated at the Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM), except for the Australian isolates, which were kindly provided by David Dawson, and the American Type Culture Collection strains. 

^bDRC, Democratic Republic of the Congo.