Table 3. Genetic polymorphisms contained within the 16S rRNA, gyrB, secA1, hsp65 and rpoB genes for 25 clinical Nocardia isolates studied.

Characters	gyrB	16S rRNA gene	secA1	hsp65	rpoB
All clinical isolates (n = 25)
No. of haplotypes	16	5	14	10	16
Haplotype diversity	0.957	0.657	0.950	0.837	0.963
N. cyriacigeorgica (n = 12)
No. of haplotypes	8	1	6	5	8
Haplotype diversity	0. 924	N/A	0. 848	0. 803	0. 924
N. farcinica (n = 9)
No. of haplotypes	4	1	5	1	5
Haplotype diversity	0. 778	N/A	0. 889	N/A	0. 861

Abbreviation: N/A, not applicable.