TABLE 2.
PCR analysis of 10 different M. ulcerans strains for the presence of eight plasmid-associated genes
| M. ulcerans strain (country of origin) | pMUM001 markera
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| repA | parA | MUP011 (STPK) | mls (load) | mlsAT(II) | MUP038 (TEII) | MUP045 (KSIII) | MUP053 (P450) | |
| Agy99 (Ghana) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Kob (Ivory Coast) | + | + | + | + | + | − | + | + |
| 1615 (Malaysia) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Chant (Australia) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| IP105425 (Australia) | + | + | + | + | − | − | + | − |
| ITM-5114 (Mexico) | + | + | − | + | − | − | + | + |
| ITM-941331 (Papua New Guinea) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| ITM-941328 (Malaysia) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
| ITM-98912 (People's Republic of China) | + | + | − | + | + | + | + | + |
| 01G897 (French Guiana) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | − |
a
STPK, serine/threonine protein kinase; TEII, type II thioesterase; KSIII, type III ketosynthase.