TABLE 2.

Similarity of DNA sequences of PE gene family orthologues in the MAC

MAC PE locus name	M. tuberculosis orthologue	Locus name in:				% Identity by nucleotide sequence alignment of PE gene orthologues from the following pairs:
		M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis	M. avium subsp. hominissuis	M. avium subsp. avium	M. intracellulare	M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis-M. avium subsp. hominissuis	M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis-M. avium subsp. avium	M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis-M. intracellulare	M. avium subsp. hominissuis-M. avium subsp. avium	M. avium subsp. hominissuis-M. intracellulare	M. avium subsp. avium-M. intracellulare
MACPE1	Rv1386	Map0122	Mav_0117	MaaPE1	MiPE1	99.4	99.0	81.2	98.4	80.9	80.9
MACPE2	Rv3893	Map0157	Mav_0151	MaaPE2	MiPE2	100.0	100.0	77.6	100.0	79.2	77.6
MACPE3	Rv3622	Map0441	Mav_0534	MaaPE3	MiPE3	98.0	97.7	81.3	97.0	81.0	82.3
MACPE4	Rv1040	Map1003c	Mav_1179c	MaaPE4	MiPE4	99.5	99.3	83.9	99.2	83.8	84.8
MACPE5	Rv1195	Map2576c	Mav_1346	MaaPE5	MiPE5	99.5	99.5	83.6	100.0	83.6	83.6
MACPE6	Rv1788	Map1514	Mav_2915c	MaaPE6	MiPE7	99.3	99.3	69.0	100.0	68.3	68.3
MACPE7	Rv1791	Map1507	Mav_2923	MaaPE7	MiPE7	97.9	98.7	92.0	99.5	89.3	92.7
MACPE8	Rv1791	Map1507	Mav_2923	MaaPE7	MiPE8	97.9	98.7	71.3	99.5	73.1	72.0
MACPE9		Map4144	Mav_4488	MaaPE9	MiPE9	99.7	99.3	68.8	98.9	84.6	86.1
MACPE10	Rv0287	Map3783	Mav_4866	MaaPE10	MiPE10	99.7	99.0	91.5	99.7	92.0	91.8
MACPE11	Rv0285	Map3781	Mav_4868c	MaaPE11	MiPE11	98.4	99.0	88.0	98.7	89.6	88.7
MACPE12					MiPE12
					Mean	99.1	99.1	81.7	99.1	83.2	83.7
					Stdev	0.8	0.6	8.1	0.9	6.7	7.2