Table 1. List of isolates included in our study.

Isolates marked with an asterisk were obtained from the same sputum sample but displayed distinct colony morphologies.

	Culture date	Size (bp)	CDS	NCBI Accession
Patient 1 (°1999)
P1Bm2009	29/01/2009	6,569,085	5,917	CP048460-63
P1Bm2011a	31/03/2011*	6,498,339	5,830	CP048557-59
P1Bm2011b	31/03/2011*	6,531,926	5,829	CP048454-56
P1Bm2012a	16/02/2012*	6,545,859	5,828	JAAEEF000000000
P1Bm2012b	16/02/2012*	6,495,911	5,828	CP048451-53
P1Bm2013	25/07/2013	6,496,014	5,830	JAAEEE000000000
P1Bm2014	21/01/2014	6,497,010	5,831	CP048448-50
P1Bm2015	12/06/2015	6,499,180	5,833	CP048445-47
Patient 2 (°2004)
P2Bm2011a	11/07/2011*	6,705,051	5,982	CP048441-44
P2Bm2011b	11/07/2011*	6,707,647	5,983	JAAEED000000000
P2Bm2018	20/08/2018	6,661,721	5,988	JACKVR000000000
Patient 3 (°2006)
P3Bm2015	09/11/2015	6,725,592	6,045	JAAEEC000000000
Patient 4 (°1992)
P4Bm2019	23/12/2019	6,538,969	5,799	JACKVS000000000