 It is a member of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.There are seven major lineages in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), with lineages 5 and 6 classified as "Mycobacterium africanum".MTBC lineage 5 is "M. africanum" type 1, West African 1 (MAF1), and is classified based on a characteristic deletion of Region of Differentiation (RD) 711.