TABLE 1.

List of the 20 pathogenic RGM investigated by complete rpoB sequence

Speciesa	Strainb	GenBank accession no.	Length of rpoB gene (bp)	G+C content (mol%)
M. fortuitum	CIP 104534T	AY147165	3,495	64.8
“M. houstonense” (M. fortuitum third biovar, sorbitol positive)	ATCC 49403T	AY147173	3,495	64.5
“M. neworleansensis” (M. fortuitum third biovar, sorbitol negative)	ATCC 49404T	AY147172	3,495	64.7
M. peregrinum	CIP 105382T	AY147166	3,492	64.6
M. septicum	ATCC 700731T	AY147167	3,492	64.6
M. senegalense	CIP 104941T	AY262738	3,495	65.0
M. porcinum	CIP 105392T	AY262737	3,492	64.9
M. abscessus	CIP 104536T	AY147164	3,489	64.4
M. abscessus	ATCC 23003	AY262741	3,489	64.4
M. chelonae	CIP 104535T	AY147163	3,489	64.2
M. chelonae	ATCC 19237	AY262740	3,489	64.3
M. immunogenum	CIP 106684T	AY262739	3,489	64.5
M. mucogenicum	ATCC 49649	AY147171	3,486	65.5
M. mucogenicum	ATCC 49650T	AY147170	3,486	65.3
M. mucogenicum	ATCC 49651	AY147174	3,486	65.4
M. mageritense	CIP104973T	AY147169	3,495	65.2
M. wolinskyi	ATCC 700010T	AY262743	3,495	65.1
M. goodii	ATCC 700504T	AY262736	3,492	65.4
M. smegmatisc	ATCC 14468	U24494	3,507	65.0
M. smegmatis	ATCC 19420T	AY262735	3,492	65.3

^aBoldfaced species cannot be distinguished by 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

^bATCC, American Type Culture Collection; CIP, Institut Pasteur Collection, Paris, France.

^cData according to reference 31.