The causal agent of bovine tuberculosis
Source: NCBI BioProject (ID PRJEA18059)
Source: NCBI BioProject (ID PRJEA18059)
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Project name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant bovis BCG str. Pasteur 1173P2
Description: Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG. This strain was used to produce BCG (Bacille de Calmette et Guan) vaccine, a well-known tuberculosis vaccine, originally developed by Calmette and Guan in the 1920's by multiple subculturings that resulted in attenuation (weakened virulence) of the strain.Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Pasteur 1173P2.This organism was used to produce the antigen which was utilized for vaccine development.
Data type: Genome sequencing
Sample scope: Monoisolate
Organization: Unire de Genetique Moleculaire Bacterienne Institut Pasteur; Mycobacterium bovis sequencing teams; TB Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency; Research Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency Weybridge
Literatures
- PMID: 17372194
Release date: 2007-01-08
Last updated: 2006-10-26
Statistics: 1 sample