TABLE 4.
An algorithm to identify individual MtbC subspeciesa
| Organism(s) | Result for the following locus (lane in Fig. 1):
|
Profile | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16S rRNA (1) | Rv0577 (2) | IS1561′ (3) | Rv1510 (4) | Rv1970 (5) | Rv3877/8 (6) | Rv3120 (7) | ||
| M. tuberculosis | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 1234567 |
| M. africanum subtype II | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | 1234567 |
| “M. canettii” | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | 123456 |
| M. africanum subtype I | + | + | + | + | − | + | + | 123467 |
| M. caprae | + | + | + | + | − | + | − | 12346 |
| M. bovis | + | + | + | − | − | + | − | 1236 |
| M. bovis BCG | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | 123 |
| M. microti | + | + | − | + | − | + | + | 12467 |
| MOTT | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | 1 |
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Based on the results shown in Fig. 1.