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Sr. No.StrainCategoryDescription
1M_abscessusNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium abscessus, formerly Mycobacterium chelonae subsp. abscessus, is a rapid-growing Mycobacterium sp., commonly isolated from soil and water. This organism causes a chronic lung infection, similar to tuberculosis, in patients with cystic fibrosis.
2M_africanum_GM041182Tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterim africanum is most commonly found in West African countries and its symptoms of infection are similar to those of M. tuberculosis. Infection by M. africanum is an important opportunistic infection in immunocompromised patients, such as those with HIV. It was sequenced by Sanger, and has x genes.
3M_avium_104Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain is a common representative of the species complex. It was derived from an AIDS patient and has been characterized for virulence in the murine model of low-dose aerosol infection in that it could colonize the lung, proliferate within the tissue and disseminate to other organs. This strain will be used for comparative analysis with other Mycobacterium species.
4M_avium_K-10Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis organism is a slowly growing species, with doubling times of around 22-24 hours. This bacterium is not common in the environment, and is predominantly found as an intracellular parasite.
5M_bovis_AF2122_97Vaccine strainM. bovis was also the progenitor for the M. bovis bacillus Calmette-Gurein, the most widely used human vaccine. It is 4,345,492-bp genome sequence of M. bovis AF2122/97 and its comparison with the genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae.
6M_bovis_BCG_str_KoreaVaccine strainIt is Korean variant of BCG vaccine strain
7M_bovis_BCG_str_MexicoVaccine strainIt is Mexico variant of BCG vaccine strain
8M_bovis_BCG_str_Pasteur_1173P2Vaccine strainIt is a variant of BCG vaccine strain subcultured at Pasteur Institute.
9M_bovis_BCG_str_Tokyo_172Vaccine strain
10M_canettii_CIPT_140010059Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
11M_canettii_CIPT_140010059_3861Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
12M_canettii_CIPT_140060008Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
13M_canettii_CIPT_140070008Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
14M_canettii_CIPT_140070010Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
15M_canettii_CIPT_140070017Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe sequences are related to the Mycobacterium canettii strain (EMBL accession number PRJEA68135) recently deposited by the Sanger Institute, which is also included in this collaborative project.
16M_chubuense_NBB4Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaA rapidly growing, scotochromogenis mycobacterium.
17M_gilvum_PYR-GCKNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium gilvum PYR-GCK was isolated from river sediment and will be used for comparative genomics. This genus comprises a number of Gram-positive, acid-fast, rod-shaped aerobic bacteria and is the only member of the family Mycobacteriaceae within the order Actinomycetales.
18M_gilvum_Spyr1Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium sp. Spyr1 was isolated from a creosote contaminated site and will be used for comparative analysis. This genus comprises a number of Gram-positive, acid-fast, rod-shaped aerobic bacteria and is the only member of the family Mycobacteriaceae within the order Actinomycetales.
19M_indicus_prani_MTCC_9506Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium indicus pranii (MIP), a taxonomically unknown generalist mycobacterium, acts as an immunotherapeutic against leprosy and is approved for use as a vaccine against it. MIP, commercially available as Immuvac, is currently the focus of advanced phase III clinical trials for its antituberculosis efficacy.
20M_intracellulare_ATCC_13950Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium intracellulare. Mycobacterium intracellulare is a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). These organisms cause tuberculosis in birds, and pulmonary and disseminated infections in immunocompromized humans.
21M_intracellulare_MOTT-02Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium intracellulare. Mycobacterium intracellulare is a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). These organisms cause tuberculosis in birds, and pulmonary and disseminated infections in immunocompromized humans.
22M_intracellulare_MOTT-64Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium intracellulare. Mycobacterium intracellulare is a member of the Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). These organisms cause tuberculosis in birds, and pulmonary and disseminated infections in immunocompromized humans.
23M_kansasii_ATCC_12478Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium kansasii ATCC 12478 (Hauduroy) is a well-studied clinical isolate and will be used for comparative analysis.Mycobacterium kansasii is a photochromic (produces pigment when exposed to light) species which causes a tuberculosis-like disease.
24M_leprae_Br4923Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain was isolated from a human skin biopsy in Brazil, and passaged in nude mice and armadillos. The bacterium is a close relative of M. tuberculosis. However, compared to the latter, the genome of M. leprae is smaller due to reductive genome evolution.
25M_leprae_TNNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain (TN) was passaged through an armadillo in Tamil Nadu, India, and is the only strain of this species that has been successfully produced in quantities large enough for sequencing and biochemical analyses as the nine-banded armadillo was used as a surrogate host.
26M_liflandiii_128FXTNon tuberculoid Mycobacteriait is also known as Mycobacterium ulcerans subsp. liflandii, was first isolated from a colony of African clawed frogs. This organism causes a fatal systemic disease in frogs often characterized by skin lesions. Mycobacterium liflandii produces a polyketide toxin mycolactone E and two highly antigenic proteins ESAT-6 and CFP-10 which account, in part, for its pathogenicity.
27M_marinumNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain is a well-studied human isolate that is susceptible to a relatively wider range of antibiotics than other M. marinum isolates and thus has a potential to be easier to use in genetic and molecular biological studies.
28M_massiliense_GO_06Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium massiliense is a rapidly growing bacteria associated with opportunistic infections. A representative isolate (strain GO 06) recovered from wound samples of patients submitted to arthroscopic and laparoscopic surgeries had its genome sequenced.
29M_rhodesiae_NBB3Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis organism was originally isolated from a case of tuberculosis although its pathogenicity to humans is in question. http://www.pdiconnect.com/content/28/1/97.long http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5316571
30M_smegmatis_JS623
31M_smegmatis_MC2_155Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis bacterium was initially isolated from human smegma. It is associated with soft tissue lesions following trauma or surgery. It is also reported as a possible factor in penile carcinogenesis.
32M_smegmatis_MKD8Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium smegmatis is a non-pathogenic, rapidly growing relative of pathogenic mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis or leprosy. Some studies that would be difficult or impossible in the pathogenic strains can often be performed in M. smegmatis.
33M_smegmatis_str_MC2_155Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis bacterium was initially isolated from human smegma. It is associated with soft tissue lesions following trauma or surgery. It is also reported as a possible factor in penile carcinogenesis.
34M_smegmatis_str_MC2_155_secondNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis bacterium was initially isolated from human smegma. It is associated with soft tissue lesions following trauma or surgery. It is also reported as a possible factor in penile carcinogenesis.
35M_ulcerans_Agy99Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis organism causes Buruli ulcer and is the third most common mycobacterial pathogen after Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. The disease has increased dramatically through central and West Africa since the late 1980s.
36M_vanbaalenii_PYR-1Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain (PYR-1; DSM 7251; NRRL B-24157) is the type strain and was isolated from contaminated sites exposed to petrogenic chemicals in the watershed of Redfish Bay, Texas, in 1986.Mycobacterium vanbaalenii is a fast-growing soil mycobacterium which can degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as fluoranthene, pyrene, phenanthrene. This organism may be useful for bioremediation.
37Mtb_7199-99Tuberculoid MycobacteriaAnalysis of an TB outbreak in Northern Germany.
38Mtb_CCDC5079Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain belongs to the Beijing family. Strain CCDC5079 is susceptible to isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and ethambutol. This strain is sequenced for comparative genomic studies.
39Mtb_CCDC5180Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain was isolated in 2004 from a patient with secondary pulmonary tuberculosis. Strain CCDC5180 is resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin and ethambutol.
40Mtb_CDC_1551Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain, also nicknamed Oshkosh, is a recent clinical isolate from a clothing factory worker from the Kentucky/Tennessee, USA, region. However, this strain has not caused epidemics in man and is sensitive to a wide range of drugs.
41Mtb_CTRI-2Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis M.tuberculosis isolate was cultivated in Molecular-genetic research lab of Central Tuberculosis Research Institute. This strain is sensitive to all common drugs used in tuberculosis treatment.
42Mtb_F11Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis strain (genotype F11) represents the largest portion of isolates recovered from tuberculosis patients during a TB epidemic in the Western Cape of South Africa. It is also found in other parts of the world.
43Mtb_H37RaAvirulent lab strainThis strain (H37Ra; ATCC 25177) is an avirulent strain derived from its virulentparent strain H37 (isolated from a 19 year-old male patient with chronic pulmonary tuberculosis by Edward R. Baldwin in 1905)
44Mtb_H37RvVirulent lab strainThis strain has been derived from the original human-lung H37 isolate in 1934, and has been used extensively worldwide in biomedical research. Unlike some clinical isolates, it retains full virulence in animal models of tuberculosis and is susceptible to drugs and receptive to genetic manipulation.
45Mtb_H37Rv_broadTuberculoid MycobacteriaGenomic DNA, wild types, parents and mutants provided by John Aquadro at the Broad Institute.
46Mtb_KZN_1435Tuberculoid MycobacteriaM. tuberculosis strain KZN 1435 was isolated from a patient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This strain is multidrug-resistant (resistant to isoniazid and rifampin).
47Mtb_KZN_4207-3996Tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 4207 is a wild-type (drug-sensitive) strain from the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa.
48Mtb_KZN_4207Tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosis KZN 4207 is a wild-type (drug-sensitive) strain from the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa.
49Mtb_KZN_605Tuberculoid MycobacteriaM. tuberculosis strain KZN 605 was isolated from a patient in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This strain is extensively drug-resistant (XDR).
50Mtb_KZN_R506Tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosis KZN R5065 is a clinical XDR (extensively-drug resistant) strain from the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa. It is resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, streptomycin, kanamycin and ofloxacin.
51Mtb_KZN_V2475Tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium tuberculosis KZN V2475 is a clinincal MDR (multi-drug resistant) strain from the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa. It is resistant to isoniazid, rifampicin, and streptomycin, but not kanamycin or ofloxacin.
52Mtb_RGTB327Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe strain has been sequenced to study polymorphism and the unique regions in specific genes. The strain belongs to South India
53Mtb_RGTB423Tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe strain has been sequenced to study polymorphism and the unique regions in specific genes. The strain belongs to South India
54Mtb_UT205Tuberculoid MycobacteriaWhole genome shotgun sequencing of one Colombian clinical isolate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals DosR regulon gene deletions., FEMS Microbiol Lett, 2012 Mar 28;330(2):113-20
55Mycobacterium_sp_JDM601Non tuberculoid MycobacteriaThe strain has been sequenced for compartive genomics and it is Gram-positive, acid-fast, pleomorphic, non-motile rods characterized by distinctive cell surface mycolic acid derivatives.
56Mycobacterium_sp_JLSNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis organism was isolated from creosote-contaminated soil from the Champion International Superfund site in Libby, Montana. This microbe, along with some others collected at this site, are able to rapidly mineralize 14C-labeled pyrene.
57Mycobacterium_sp_KMSNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaThis organism was isolated from creosote-contaminated soil from the Champion International Superfund site in Libby, Montana. This microbe, along with some others collected at this site, are able to rapidly mineralize 14C-labeled pyrene.
58Mycobacterium_sp_MCSNon tuberculoid MycobacteriaMycobacterium MCS was isolated from soil in a wood preservative-contaminated land-treatment unit where remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) was occurring.
59Mycobacterium_sp_MOTT36Y