Taxonomy ID: 1773

Rank: species

Scientific name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Authority: "Mycobacterium tuberculosis typus humanus" Lehmann and Neumann 1907; "Bacterium tuberculosis" Zopf 1883; "Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. hominis" Bergey et al. 1934; "Bacillus tuberculosis" (Zopf 1883) Klein 1884

Synonym: Bacterium tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Zopf 1883) Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980); Mycobacterium tuberculosis typus humanus; Bacillus tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis var. hominis