Table 1. Molecular identification by aligning 16S rRNA gene and ITS sequences (n = 101).
| Genus | 16S rRNA gene | ITS sequence | ||||
| Species | Strains | Fragment size (bp) | Species | Strains | Fragment size (bp) | |
| Mycobacterium | MAC | 36(35.64%) | 1329–339 | M. intracellulare | 33(32.67%) | 352–374 |
| M. avium | 3(2.97%) | 341–509 | ||||
| M. chelonae -abscessus Complex | 33(32.67%) | 1304–1324 | M. abscessus | 33(32.67%) | 367–572 | |
| M. fortuitum group | 11(10.89%) | 1317–1329 | M. porcinum | 3(2.97%) | 454–610 | |
| M. fortuitum | 8(7.92%) | 422–590 | ||||
| M. kansasii-gastri Complex | 2(1.98%) | 1331 | M. kansasii | 2(1.98%) | 344 | |
| M. smegmatis group | 1(0.99%) | 1323 | M. smegmatis | 1(0.99%) | 620 | |
| M. mucogenicum group | 1(0.99%) | 1323 | M. sp. | 2(1.98%) | 633–658 | |
| M. chubuense | 1(0.99%) | 1316 | ||||
| Gordonia | G. bronchialis | 6(5.94%) | 1319–1325 | G. ronchialis | 6(5.94%) | 604–647 |
| G. paraffinivorans | 3(2.97%) | 1322–1334 | G. sp. | 3(2.97%) | 572–698 | |
| Nocardia | N. farcinica | 4(3.96%) | 1314–1320 | N. farcinica | 4(3.96%) | 379–405 |
| N. puris | 2(1.98%) | 1319–1320 | N. sp. | 2(1.98%) | 554–555 | |
| Tsukamurella | Tsukamurella sp. | 1(0.99%) | 1318 | T. pulmonis | 1(0.99%) | 661 |