The source and fate of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in wastewater and possible routes of transmission

BMC Public Health

Table 3 Reports on the survival of MTBC in different environmental matrix

Specific MTBC organism	Sample matrix	Survival period	References
M. bovis	Soil	150 days	[150]
M. tuberculosis, M. bovis and M. canetti	Soil	Survival of the distinct mycobacteria in the soil for 12 months	[151]
M. tuberculosis	Soil & water	persisted for 9 months	[67]
M. bovis		88 days in soil, 58 days in water and hay, and 43 days on corn	[81]
M. bovis	Manure	172 days	[152]
M. bovis	River water & distilled water	After 50 days, could still be cultured	[24, 153]
M. bovis	liquid manure	176 days	[147]
M. bovis	vegetables stored at -20 °C and 23 °C	112 days	[154]
M. bovis	Soil, urine and faeces	6 weeks	[52, 155]
M. bovis	wet soil	21 months	[156]

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