Abstract
Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Most commonly found in West African countries, it has scarcely been described in South America. Here, we report the first genome sequence of a Colombian M. africanum clinical isolate. It is composed of 4,493,502 bp, with 4,069 genes.
Highlights
Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex
The symptoms of infection caused by M. africanum are similar to those caused by its M. tuberculosis complex counterparts, and it is likely spread by aerosol transmission as well [4]
No M. africanum isolate has been reported in Colombia to date
Summary
Mycobacterium africanum is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Most commonly found in West African countries, it has scarcely been described in South America. Mycobacterium africanum is the causative pathogen of nearly half of the pulmonary tuberculosis cases in West Africa [1, 2]. It has been characterized in 1968 in Senegal as an intermediate strain between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis [3]. It consists of 2 phylogenetically distinct lineages within the M. tuberculosis complex, known as West African 1 and West African 2.
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