Table 4. Sequence comparisons of bands excised from DGGE gels (Fig. 1 C and D) and blasted against the 16S rRNA gene database retrieved from SILVA.

Mycobacterium genus specific primers (JSY16S) DGGE					Slow growing Mycobacteria specific primers (APTK16Slow) DGGE
DGGE band	Identity (%)	E value	Match accession number	Match name	DGGE band	Identity (%)	E value	Match accession number	Match name
1A	98.08	0	DQ249999	Mycobacterium sp. L47	2A	99.42	0	GQ153275	Mycobacterium colombiense
1B	99.73	0	EU165538	Mycobacterium brasiliensis	2B	97.28	3×10−168	GQ153275	Mycobacterium colombiense
1C	99.44	0	X93029	Mycobacterium sp.	2C	99.71	0	FJ794352	Mycobacterium sp. NLA000202017
1D	100	2×10−64	EF019937	Uncultured Mycobacteriaceae bacterium	2D	99.71	0	GQ153275	Mycobacterium colombiense
1E	97.36	0	AY859686	Mycobacterium moriokaense	2E	99.71	0	GQ153275	Mycobacterium colombiense
1F	98.91	0	AY859686	Mycobacterium moriokaense	2F	99.13	0	EU274642	Mycobacterium riyadhense
1G	98.52	0	FJ605266	Mycobacterium sp. DCY42	2G	99.09	0	EU274642	Mycobacterium riyadhense
1H	98.31	0	AY162028	Mycobacterium sp. JS623	2H	99.71	0	GQ153275	Mycobacterium colombiense
1I	97.53	4×10−145	FJ538898	Mycobacterium sp. GR-2001-270	2I	98.85	0	U06638	Mycobacterium haemophilum