title: Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain 18b
organism: Mycobacterium tuberculosis 18b
description: Mycobacterium tuberculosis 18b, a streptomycin-dependent mutant that enters a viable but nonreplicating state in the absence of streptomycin, has been developed as a simple model for drug testing against dormant MTB bacilli.
attributes.tag: disease
attributes.value: tuberculosis
attributes.tag: strain
attributes.value: 18b