Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit Typing

**Semantic type:** Molecular Biology Research Technique

**Definition:** A PCR-based method for differentiating M. tuberculosis strains based on the number of tandem repeats of the Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Unit.

**Synonyms:** - MIRU-VNTR - Mycobacterial Interspersed Repetitive Units-Variable Number Tandem Repeats