1. Department of Microbiology, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708–3154, USA
2. Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany
3. The Center for Pulmonary and Infectious Disease Control, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 11937 US Hwy 271, Tyler, TX 75708–3154, USA
4. Swiss National Center for Mycobacteria, Department of Medical Microbiology of the University of Zörich, CH-8028 Zürich, Switzerland
5. Departmento de Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
6. Texas Department of Health, Austin, TX, USA