title: Characterization of Mycobacterium orygis as M. tuberculosis complex subspecies.
abstract: The oryx bacilli are Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex organisms for which phylogenetic position and host range are unsettled. We characterized 22 isolates by molecular methods and propose elevation to subspecies status as M. orygis. M. orygis is a causative agent of tuberculosis in animals and humans from Africa and South Asia.
authors.affiliation: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. j.vaningen@mmb.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Jakko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Ingen
authors.forename: Zeaur
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rahim
authors.forename: Arnout
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: Martin J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Boeree
authors.forename: Roxane
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simeone
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brosch
authors.forename: Dick
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: van Soolingen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D055815:Young Adult