Query: NC_019950:3818000 Mycobacterium canettii CIPT 140060008 complete genome Lineage: Mycobacterium canettii; Mycobacterium; Mycobacteriaceae; Actinomycetales; Actinobacteria; Bacteria General Information: Mycobacterium canettii, and related tubercle bacilli that cause human tuberculosis and exhibit unusual smooth colony morphology, are restricted to East-Africa.
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General Information: This 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. Causative agent of human leprosy.