Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTC or MTBC) is a genetically related group of Mycobacterium species that can cause tuberculosis in humans or other animals.
It includes:
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium africanum
- Mycobacterium orygis [1]
- Mycobacterium bovis and the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin strain
- Mycobacterium microti
- Mycobacterium canetti
- Mycobacterium caprae
- Mycobacterium pinnipedii
- Mycobacterium suricattae
- Mycobacterium mungi[2]
In addition, two branches exist which have phylogenetic similarities but are not completely described: the dassie and oryx bacilli. Oryx bacilli has been recently reclassified into a separate subspecies, orygis. [1]
See also
References
- Van Ingen, Jakko; Rahim, Zeaur; Mulder, Arnout; Boeree, Martin J.; Simeone, Roxane; Brosch, Roland; Van Soolingen, Dick (2012). "Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies". Emerging Infectious Diseases. 18 (4): 653–655. doi:10.3201/eid1804.110888. PMC 3309669. PMID 22469053.
- Vasconcellos SE, Huard RC, Niemann S, et al. (2010). "Distinct genotypic profiles of the two major clades of Mycobacterium africanum". BMC Infect. Dis. 10: 80. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-10-80. PMC 2859774. PMID 20350321.
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