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. 2006 Aug;50(8):2853–2856. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00244-06

TABLE 1.

Percentages of identity worked out from pairwise alignments of atpE genes from 13 mycobacterial species

Species % Identity to:
M. tuberculosis M. ulcerans M. abscessus M. leprae M. bovis M. marinum M. xenopi M. chelonae M. smegmatis M. avium M. intracellulare M. fortuitum M. peregrinum
M. tuberculosis 100 91 84 84 100 92 78 83 82 86 86 79 81
M. ulcerans 100 83 83 91 99 80 84 84 84 84 77 79
M. abscessus 100 77 84 85 77 96 82 84 85 77 78
M. leprae 100 84 83 74 76 75 80 80 73 75
M. bovis 100 92 78 83 82 86 86 79 81
M. marinum 100 81 84 86 85 85 80 82
M. xenopi 100 77 74 76 77 75 76
M. chelonae 100 80 85 86 77 78
M. smegmatis 100 83 83 94 93
M. avium 100 96 81 82
M. intracellulare 100 81 82
M. fortuitum 100 95
M. peregrinum 100