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. 2021 Apr 1;5(4):e2020GH000350. doi: 10.1029/2020GH000350

Table 1.

Summary of NTM Taxa Detected on Cultures From 0.2 μm Filters and Biofilm Swabs of Stream Boulders or Logs Just Above Stream Level and Well Water Samples

Sample name Locality Filter NTM taxa Swab NTM taxa
Oahu samples
18‐KAR‐01 Manoa Falls Stream M. stomatepiae **
18‐KAR‐02 Nuuanu Stream M. stomatepiae *
Mycobacterium spp.
18‐KAR‐03 Kalihi Stream M. stomatepiae *
M. abscessus
18‐KAR‐04 Laie Well #1 M. abscessus *
18‐KAR‐05 Laie Well #2 * *
18‐KAR‐06 Waimea Stream ** *
18‐KAR‐07 Kahana Stream * *
18‐KAR‐08 Puu Ohia Trailhead*** No filter was collected **
18‐KAR‐09 Palolo Stream M. stomatepiae **
18‐KAR‐11 Waimano Stream * *
18‐KAR‐12 Wahiawa Reservoir * **
18‐KAR‐13 Maunawili Stream Not analyzed *
18‐KAR‐14 Maunawili tributary Stream ** *
18‐KAR‐15 Heeia Stream * *
18‐KAR‐16 Waikane Stream * *
18‐KAR‐17 Kaunala Loop Trail Stream ** *
18‐KRM‐01 Manoa Falls Stream M. mucogenicum Mycobacterium sp. QIA‐37
18‐KRM‐02 Nuuanu Stream M. stomatepiae *
18‐KRM‐03 Kalihi Stream ** *
18‐KRM‐04 Laie Well #1 * **
18‐KRM‐05 Laie Well #2 M. triplex **
18‐KRM‐06 Waimea Stream ** *
18‐KRM‐07 Kahana Stream M. intracellulare *
M. stomatepiae
M. florentinum
18‐KRM‐08 Puu Ohia Trailhead No filter was collected *
18‐KRM‐09 Palolo Stream M. mucogenicum, **
Mycobacterium spp.
18‐KRM‐11 Waimano Stream M. genavense M. chelonae
18‐KRM‐12 Wahiawa Reservoir M. grossiae **
18‐KRM‐13 Maunawili Stream * *
18‐KRM‐14 Maunawili tributary Stream ** **
18‐KRM‐15 Heeia Stream M. porcinum *
18‐KRM‐16 Waikane Stream * **
18‐KRM‐17 Kaunala Loop Trail Stream * **
18‐KRM‐18 Herring Springs M. florentinum Mycobacterium sp. QIA‐37
Mycobacterium sp. FI‐09183
18‐KRM‐19 Kamananui Stream M. stomatepiae **
M. abscessus
18‐KRM‐20 Kaiwikoele Stream M. florentinum *
M. lentiflavum
M. shigaense
M. stomatepiae
M. triplex
Kauai samples
18‐KAU‐19 Waiakoali Stream * M. franklinii
18‐KAU‐20 Waiakoali Stream * M. porcinum
18‐KAU‐25 Kawaikoi Stream ** M. porcinum
18‐KAU‐26 Mohihi Stream M. parmense No swab was collected
Mycobacterium sp. EPM10906,
M. porcinum
18‐KAU‐27 Unnamed stream 1 * Mycobacterium sp. Strain 38 B,
Mycobacterium sp. EPM10910
18‐KAU‐34 Kauaikinana Stream M. triplex M. porcinum

Note: Taxa were identified by DNA sequencing.

*Nothing grew when cultured, or cultured material was not bacterial.

**Cultured material failed to produced identifiable taxa.

***Swab biofilm samples only. Site is not adjacent to a stream.