TABLE 1.

Mycobacteria and other microorganisms used for the rpoB sequence analysis

Species	Accession no.a	Strain	Source
M. abscessus	AF057449	CAP97E-03	SNUHb
M. africanum	AF057450	ATCC 25420	KNTA
M. asiaticum	AF057455	ATCC 25276	KNTA
M. aurum	AF057456	ATCC 23366	KNTA
M. avium	AF057457	ATCC 25291	KNTA
M. bovis	AF057451	ATCC 19210	KNTA
M. bovis BCG	AF057452	French strain 1173P2	KNTA
M. celatum
Type 1	AF057458	ATCC 51131	KNTA
Type 2	AF057459	ATCC 51130	KNTA
M. chelonae	AF057460	ATCC 35749	KNTA
M. chitae	AF057461	ATCC 19627	KNTA
M. fallax	AF057462	ATCC 35219	KNTA
M. flavescens	AF057463	ATCC 14474	KNTA
M. fortuitum	AF057464	ATCC 6841	KNTA
M. fortuitum 49403	AF057465	ATCC 49403	KNTA
M. gastri	AF057466	ATCC 15754	KNTA
M. genavense	AF057467	ATCC 51233	KNTA
M. gordonae	AF057468	ATCC 14470	KNTA
M. haemophilum	AF057469	ATCC 29548	KNTA
M. interjectum	AF057470	ATCC 51457	KNTA
M. intermedium	AF057471	ATCC 51848	KNTA
M. intracellulare	AF057472	ATCC 13950	KNTA
M. kansasii	AF057473	ATCC 12478	KNTA
M. leprae	AF057474	Thai 53 strain	IHDc
M. malmoense	AF057475	ATCC 29571	KNTA
M. marinum	AF057476	ATCC 927	KNTA
M. neoaurum	AF057477	ATCC 25795	KNTA
M. nonchromogenicum	AF057478	ATCC 19530	KNTA
M. paratuberculosis	AF057479	ATCC 19698	KNTA
M. phlei	AF057480	ATCC 11758	KNTA
M. peregrinum	AF057481	ATCC 14467	KNTA
M. scrofulaceum	AF057482	ATCC 19981	KNTA
M. senegalense	AF057483	ATCC 35796	KNTA
M. shimoidei	AF057486	ATCC 27962	KNTA
M. simiae	AF057484	ATCC 25275	KNTA
M. smegmatis	AF057485	ATCC 19420	KNTA
M. szulgai	AF057487	ATCC 35799	KNTA
M. terrae	AF057488	ATCC 15755	KNTA
M. thermoresistibile	AF057489	ATCC 19527	KNTA
M. triviale	AF057490	ATCC 23292	KNTA
M. tuberculosis H37Rv	AF057454	ATCC 27294	KNTA
M. ulcerans	AF057491	ATCC 19423	KNTA
M. vaccae	AF057492	ATCC 15483	KNTA
M. xenopi	AF057493	ATCC 19250	KNTA
R. equi	AF057494	ATCC 10146	IMSNUd
N. nova	AF057495	ATCC 21197	IMSNU
C. diphtheriae	AF057496	SNUH	SNUH

^aGenBank accession numbers for the rpoB sequences of the reference strains. 

^bSNUH, Department of Clinical Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital. 

^cIHD, Institute of Hansen’s Disease, The Catholic University Medical College. 

^dIMSNU, Culture Collection Center, Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University.