TABLE 1 ] .

Allelic Diversity Index of Mycobacterium tuberculosis MIRU Loci for Clinical Samples and Soil and Water Isolates

Locus Name	HGI for Clinical Samples	DIa	HGI for Water Samples	DIa	HGI for Soil Samples	DIa
Mtub04	0.68	High	0.45	Moderate	0.55	Moderate
ETR-C	0.6	High	0.23	Poor	0.34	Moderate
MIRU04	0.08	Poor	0.0	Poor	0.0	Poor
MIRU40	0.54	Moderate	0.44	Moderate	0.41	Moderate
MIRU10	0.78	High	0.6	High	0.61	High
MIRU16	0.73	High	0.49	Moderate	0.41	Moderate
Mtub21	0.73	High	0.12	Poor	0.0	Poor
QUB11b	0.58	Moderate	0.04	Poor	0.08	Poor
ETR-A	0.65	High	0.36	Moderate	0.0	Poor
Mtub30	0.5	Moderate	0.0	Poor	0.0	Poor
MIRU26	0.79	High	0.39	Moderate	0.41	Moderate
MIRU31	0.64	High	0.43	Moderate	0.08	Poor
Mtub39	0.58	Moderate	0.07	Poor	0.0	Poor
QUB26	0.81	High	0.48	Moderate	0.23	Moderate
QUB4156	0.76	High	0.48	Moderate	0.41	Moderate

DI = discriminatory index; HGI = Hunter and Gaston index; MIRU = mycobacterial interspersed repetitive unit.

^aDI, high (> 0.6), moderate (≥ 0.3, < 0.6), poor (< 0.3).