Project name: Mycobacterium leprae TN strain:TN

Description: Mycobacterium leprae strain TN. 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.

Data type: Genome sequencing

Sample scope: Monoisolate

Release date: 2003-05-06

Last updated: 2003-02-25