TABLE 3.

Range of similarity to the type strain of 50 clinical isolates from nine commonly isolated Mycobacterium spp.

Species	No. of clinical isolates	Range of % similarity (DNA)	Range of % similarity (amino acid)
M. abscessus	6	100	100
M. avium	5	98.4-99.1	99.6-100
M. fortuitum	5	99.0-99.9	100
M. gordonae	6	96.0-99.0	99.6-100
M. intracellulare	6	99.4-100	100
M. kansasii	6	97.3-100	99.6-100
M. marinum	5	99.1-100	99.6-100
M. mucogenicum	5	99.4-100	100
M. tuberculosis	6	100	100