Research Article
Molecular Identification of Mycobacterium Species of Public Health and Veterinary Importance from Cattle in the South State of México
Table 2
Isolated strains are grouped according to their morphological characteristics and the presence of the molecular marker (100 bp) on the 23S rRNA gene.
| Group | Number of Strains | Morphological characteristics | Molecular marker (bp) | Macroscopic | Microscopic | 23S rRNA | Pigmentation | Appearance | Ziehl-Neelsen |
| 1 | 29 | Yellow | Creamy | − | 250 | 2 | 10 | White | Creamy | − | 250 | 3 | 14 | White | Dry | − | 250 | 4 | 2 | Salmon | Creamy | − | 250 | 5 | 2 | Salmon | Dry | − | 250 | 6 | 2 | White, dark | Creamy | − | 250 | 7 | 2 | White | Creamy | − | 250 | 8 | 3 | White, dark | Dry | − | 250 | 9 | 4 | White | Dry | − | 250 | 10 | 10 | White | Creamy, dry | − | 250 | 11 | 10 | White | Dry | + | 350 and 250 | 12 | 7 | Yellow | Creamy | + | 350 | 13 | 13 | White | Dry | − | 250 |
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−: absence of acid-fast bacilli; +: presence of acid-fast bacilli; Bp: base pairs.
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