Genome Sequences of Mycobacterium Strains Recovered from Captive Elephants with Tuberculosis.

Members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex cause tuberculosis, infamous for enormous impacts on human health. As zoonoses, they also threaten endangered species like African/Asian elephants. We report the whole-genome sequences of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bv. tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis bv. bovis from two zoo elephants in the United States.