TABLE 3.
Correlation between rpoB sequencing and LiPA identification of M. avium-intracellulare-scrofulaceum group isolates
| rpoB identification | No. of samples with LiPA result |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAIS | MIN-1 | MIN-2 | MSC | |
| M. intracellulare | 6 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| M. chimaeraa | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| MACb | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M. yongonense | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M. colombiense | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. mantenii | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. timonense | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. vulneris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. heidelbergense | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. parascrofulaceum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| rUMS01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 18 | 24 | 2 |
a
100% match with M. chimaera CIP107892T (GQ153309) and >99.3% sequence similarity with M. intracellulare.
b
More than 94% but less than 99.3% similarity with MAC species.