Research Article

Identification of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria in Patients with Pulmonary Diseases in Gyeongnam, Korea, Using Multiplex PCR and Multigene Sequence-Based Analysis

Table 3

Results of multigene sequence-based analysis by comparing the four target gene sequences against the reference strains and those obtained from the NCBI database.

16S rRNArpoBhsp65ITS
StrainsStrainsPercent homology (%)StrainsPercent homology (%)StrainsPercent homology (%)StrainsPercent homology (%)

CI-1M. chimaera (CP023151.1)100M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99M. chimaera (CP023151.1)100M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99.7
M. intracellulare (CP023149.1)100M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)96.7M. intracellulare (CP003347.1)100M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)99.7

CI-2M. gordonae (MK630261.1)99.8M. gordonae (LQOY01000155.1)99.9M. gordonae (LQOY01000150.1)99.7M. gordonae (LR031451.1)99.7
M. paragordonae (MF437319.1)99.8M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)96.1M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)95.3M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)98.3

CI-3M. gordonae (MK630261.1)100M. gordonae (LQOY01000155.1)100M. gordonae (LQOY01000150.1)98.1M. gordonae (LR031451.1)99.7
M. paragordonae (MF437319.1)100M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)96.2M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)93.9M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)98.3

CI-4M. colombiense (CP020821.1)100M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)97.1M. colombiense (CP020821.1)99M. colombiense (CP020821.1)98.4
M. intracellulare (KM096752.1)100M. colombiense (CP020821.1)96.6M. bouchedurhonense (EU239790.1)98.8M. mantenii (AP022590.1)96.8

CI-5M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99.3M. chimaera (CP023151.1)100M. chimaera (CP023151.1)100M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99.7
M. intracellulare (CP023149.1)99.3M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)97.7M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)100M. intracellulare (CP023149.1)99.7

CI-6M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100M. chimaera (CP022223.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.8M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.7
M. intracellulare (KP736000.1)100M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)97.5M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)99.8M. marseillense (AP022584.1)95.2

CI-7M. gordonae (MK630261.1)100M. gordonae (LQOY01000155.1)99.9M. gordonae (LQOY01000150.1)98.4M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)98.6
M. paragordonae (MF437319.1)100M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)96.3M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)95.7M. gordonae (HG313849.1)98.5

CI-8M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100M. chimaera (CP022223.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100
M. intracellulare (KP736000.1)100M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)97.5M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)100M. marseillense (AP022584.1)95.4

CI-9M. persicum (MN936127.1)99.2M. kansasii (KY933082.1)100M. persicum (MWKZ01000001.1)99.1M. gordonae (CP059165.1)93.1
M. kansasii (KP736051.1)99.2M. persicum (MWKZ01000001.1)99.8M. kansasii (CP006835.1)97.2M. kansasii (CP006835.1)93.1
M. persicum (MWKZ01000001.1)90.9

CI-10M. mageritense (AP022567.1)99.6M. mageritense (AP022567.1)99.8M. mageritense (AP022567.1)97.6M. mageritense (AP022567.1)94
M. peregrinum (AF537362.1)99.6M. goodii (AY262736.1)96.1M. dioxanotrophicus (CP020809.1)97.6M. fortuitum (KR995170.1)87.6

CI-11M. marseillense (AP022584.1)99.8M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.7M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.8M. intracellulare (CP003347.1)100
M. intracellulare (KR856204.1)99.8M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)97.4M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)99.8M. marseillense (AP022584.1)98.6
M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.5M. marseillense (CP023147.1)95M. timonense (EU239792.1)99.1M. chimaera (CP023151.1)98

CI-12M. gordonae (MK630261.1)100M. gordonae (LQOY01000155.1)100M. gordonae (LQOY01000150.1)100M. gordonae (LR031451.1)100
M. paragordonae (MF437319.1)100M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)96.2M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)95M. paragordonae (CP025546.1)98.7

CI-13M. chimaera (CP022597.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)99.3M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99.5M. intracellulare (CP003347.1)99.5
M. colombiense (CP020821.1)100M. intracellulare (CP003324.1)97.1M. intracellulare (CP003347.1)99.5M. chimaera (CP023151.1)99

ND#1M. kansasii (KF687952.1)100M. kansasii (KY933082.1)95.2M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100M. basiliense (LR130759.1)93
M. riyadhense (NR_044449.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)93.7M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)100M. marinum (CP000854.1)89.9
M. haemophilum (MN535540.1)99.7M. mantenii (AP022590.1)93M. timonense (EU239792.1)99.1M. kansasii (CP019888.1)89.6

ND#2M. marseillense (AP022584.1)100M. colombiense (CP020821.1)97.1M. colombiense (CP020821.1)97.9M. mantenii (AP022590.1)96.1
M. intracellulare (KR856204.1)100M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)96.6M. marseillense (AP022584.1)97.9M. chimaera (CP022223.1)96.1
M. colombiense (CP020821.1)99.7M. marseillense (AP022584.1)95.2M. chimaera (CP023151.1)97.6M. colombiense (CP020821.1)95.4

ND#3M. kansasii (KF687952.1)100M. kansasii (KY933082.1)95.2M. chimaera (CP045963.1)100M. basiliense (LR130759.1)92.6
M. riyadhense (NR_044449.1)100M. chimaera (CP045963.1)93.7M. paraintracellulare (AP022597.1)100M. marinum (CP000854.1)90
M. haemophilum (MN535540.1)99.7M. mantenii (AP022590.1)93M. timonense (EU239792.1)99.3M. shotsii (AP022572.1)89.3

Sixteen clinical isolates not determined by two-step mPCR were randomly numbered and named as CI-1–CI-13 and ND#1–ND#3.