TABLE 3.

Fragment lengths of mycobacterial hsp65 genes detected by CE compared to those deduced from sequence analysis

Species (no. of strains)	Fragment length (bp) as determined by:		Species (no. of strains)	Fragment length (bp) as determined by:
	Sequence analysisa	CEb		Sequence analysisa	CEb
M. tuberculosis (9)	152	151 ± 2	M. chelonae subsp. chelonae (6)	198	200 ± 3
128	126 ± 2	69		65 ± 1
	69	67 ± 2		58	54 ± 2
	42	41 ± 2		48	44 ± 2
	22	23 ± 1		40	36 ± 2
	17	19 ± 1		23	23 ± 1
	12	14 ± 1
M. kansasii (6)	128	127 ± 5	M. chelonae subsp. abscessus (6)	146	150 ± 2
103	108 ± 2	69		68 ± 1
	78	74 ± 5		58	57 ± 1
	40	42 ± 3		52	50 ± 1
	34	37 ± 2		48	46 ± 1
	23	24 ± 2		40	38 ± 2
	19	21 ± 2		23	24 ± 1
	17	19 ± 2
M. gordonae (4)	162	162 ± 1	M. fortuitum (6)	146	144 ± 3
	112	110 ± 2		123	121 ± 2
	59	56 ± 1		58	54 ± 1
	40	40 ± 2		52	49 ± 1
	36	35 ± 2		40	39 ± 1
	33	33 ± 2		23	22 ± 1
M. avium (4)	128	126 ± 3	M. intracellulare (5)	145	146 ± 2
	103	104 ± 2		128	126 ± 2
	59	55 ± 2		59	58 ± 2
	42	40 ± 2		40	38 ± 2
	40	39 ± 1		36	34 ± 2
	36	35 ± 1		34	31 ± 2
	34	33 ± 1

^aValues are means.

^bValues are means±standard deviations.