Table 2.

Theoretical and observed proportions of M. leprae NHDP63 and M. lepromatosis in mixes of genomic DNA from both species.

M. leprae		M. lepromatosis
Theoretical	Detected	Theoretical	Detected
100	99.4	0	ND
99	99.2	1	ND
95	81	5	18.9
90	71.3	10	28.5
80	64.8	20	35.1a
50	29.1	50	70.7
20	24.3	80	75.5
0	ND	100	99.8

ND: Not detected.

^aSpecies could not be specifically identified but was reported as “Other”.