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Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Catalogue No.

NCTC 13144

Current Name

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Type Strain

Type Strain

Original Strain Reference

H37 Rv, TMC 102

General Info

Authority

(Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (AL)

Other Collection Numbers

ATCC 25618, ATCC 27294, ATCC 9360, CCUG 37357, CCUG 38148, CIP 104475, CIP 64.31, CNCTC 7301, NCTC 13144, NCTC 7416, strain H37Rv

Family

Mycobacteriaceae

Hazard Group (ACDP)

Hazard Group (ACDP) 3

Culture Conditions

Growth Conditions on Solid Media

Lowenstein-jensen media, 37°C, O₂

Biological and Genomic Info

Gram Stain Result

Positive

Additional Info

Accession Date

14/06/2007

Isolated From

Human lung

History

Derived by Steenkam 1934 from strain originally isolated in 1905 by E.R. Baldwin, Trudeau Sanatorium, Saranac Lake N.Y.

Applications

Bibliography

G.P Kubica et al (1972) Int.J.Syst.Bact. 22;p99

Extended Bibliography

SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors), (1980), Approved Lists of Bacterial Names., Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 225-420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225;https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=bacname 1 ZOPF (W.), (1883), Die Spaltpilze, Edward Trewendt, Breslau, 1883, pp. 1-100. 2 LEHMANN (K.B.) and NEUMANN (R.): Atlas und Grundriss der Bakteriologie und Lehrbuch der speziellen bakteriologischen Diagnostik. 1st. ed. J.F. LEHMANN, Munchen, 1896.

Available Formats

  • Ampoule (Bacteria)
  • Bacterial DNA - 2µg

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