Project name: Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv

Description: Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37RV. This strain has been derived from the original human-lung H37 isolate in 1934, and has been used extensively worldwide in biomedical research. Unlike some clinical isolates, it retains full virulence in animal models of tuberculosis and is susceptible to drugs and receptive to genetic manipulation.

Data type: RefSeq Genome sequencing

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Release date: 2003-05-09

Last updated: 2010-10-21