Table 1.

Species identification and PCR results of the M. tuberculosis complex isolates

M. tuberculosis Complex	Targeted PCR Locus
	16rDNA	RD4	RD9	RD12	TbD1
Ancestral M. tuberculosis*(n = 07)	+	+	+	+	+
Modern M. tuberculosis† (n = 118)	+	+	+	+	-

*Defined as possessing the TbD1 locus intact; †Defined as possessing the TbD1 deletion;

+ = locus intact, - = locus deleted