TABLE 1.

Oligonucleotide repeats found in mycobacterial genomes

Genome	No. of repeats in genomes obtained with primer:
	Mtb1 (5′-CCGGCGGGGCCGGCGG)	Mtb2 (5′-CGGCGGCAACGGCGGC)
M. tuberculosis H37Rv	157	152
M. tuberculosis CDC 1551	151	150
M. bovis AF2122/97	173	149
M. leprae (3)	0	0