TABLE 3.

Grouping of 106 clinical isolates of M. tuberculosis according to genotypes based on their four plc genes

Group	No. (%) of isolates (n = 106)	Genotype of isolate(s)a
		plcD	plcA	plcB	plcC
PLC-I	65 (61.3)	WT	WT	WT	WT
PLC-II	1 (0.9)	WT	Mutant	WT	WT
PLC-III	32 (30.2)	Mutant	WT	WT	WT
PLC-IV	3 (2.8)	Mutant	WT	WT	Mutant
PLC-V	1 (0.9)	Mutant	Mutant	WT	WT
PLC-VI	2 (1.9)	Neg	WT	WT	WT
PLC-VII	1 (0.9)	Neg	Neg	Neg	WT
PLC-VIII	1 (0.9)	Neg	Neg	Neg	Neg

^aWT, wild type; Neg, negative.