TABLE 2.

M. abscessus enzyme profiles for 44 isolates with PFGE smear patterns and 31 isolates with nonsmear patterns with regular buffer

ET	No. of isolatesa		Allele no. at locus for corresponding enzymeb
	Clear	Smear	6PD	GOT	ADK	PGM	EST
1	0	2	1	2	2	1	1
2	1	0	3	2	2	1	1
3	1	0	3	1	3	3	2
4	1	0	3	1	3	2	2
5	1	0	2	1	2	1	4
6	1	0	2	1	2	0	4
7	1	0	2	1	2	2	1
8	2	0	2	1	2	1	1
9	2	0	2	1	2	3	1
10	1	0	2	1	2	0	2
11	1	0	2	1	2	2	2
12	1	0	2	1	2	2	3
13	0	13	1	1	2	2	1
14	1	24	1	1	2	1	1
15	0	1	1	1	2	0	1
16	1	3	1	1	2	1	2
17	0	1	1	1	2	0	2
18	1	0	3	1	2	2	6
19	1	0	3	1	2	2	5
20	5	0	3	1	2	2	1
21	2	0	3	1	2	2	0
22	1	0	3	1	2	1	2
23	1	0	3	1	2	4	2
24	4	0	3	1	2	2	2
25	1	0	3	1	2	3	2
Total	31	44

^aClear isolates produced PFGE patterns with regular buffer; smear isolates did not.

^b6PD, 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase; GOT, glutamate oxalacetic transaminase; ADK, adenylate kinase; PGM, phosphoglucose mutase; EST, esterase.