Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Marco A Riojas (1) , Katya J Mcgough (1) , Cristin J Rider-Riojas , Nalin Rastogi (2) , Manzour Hernando Hazbón (1)

1 ATCC - American Type Culture Collection
2 Unité de la Tuberculose et des Mycobactéries - WHO Supranational TB Reference Laboratory

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Bacteriology

Marco A Riojas, Katya J Mcgough, Cristin J Rider-Riojas, Nalin Rastogi, Manzour Hernando Hazbón. Phylogenomic analysis of the species of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex demonstrates that Mycobacterium africanum, Mycobacterium bovis, Mycobacterium caprae, Mycobacterium microti and Mycobacterium pinnipedii are later heterotypic synonyms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2018, 68 (1), pp.324-332. ⟨10.1099/ijsem.0.002507⟩. ⟨pasteur-01986654⟩