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Table 2 Summary of PCR-RFA protocols used in this study1

From: Distinct genotypic profiles of the two major clades of Mycobacterium africanum

Locus

Restriction enzyme

MTC species

Predicted digest pattern (bp)

katG 463

BstNI

PGG1 MTC

12, 59, 106, 174

  

PGG2, PGG3 M. tuberculosis

12, 59, 280

gyrA 95

AleI

PGG1, PGG2 MTC

161, 193

  

PGG3 M. tuberculosis

354

narGHJI -251

Sau3AI

"modern" M. tuberculosis

155

  

Remaining MTC

69, 86

gyrB 1450

Taq1α

"M. canettii", M. tuberculosis

6, 21, 74, 96, 129, 270, 444

  

Remaining MTC

6, 21, 74, 96, 129, 163, 107, 444

katG 203

BstNI

"M. canettii", M. tuberculosis, M. africanum WA-1

140, 230

  

Remaining MTC (PGG1a)

370

3'cfp32 311

BstNI

M. tuberculosis, M. africanum WA-1

28, 34, 75, 2352

  

Remaining MTC (PGG1a)

34, 75, 263

aroA 117

BssHII

M. africanum WA-1

177, 254

  

Remaining MTC

104, 150, 177

TbD1197

TseI

M. africanum WA-1

46, 454

  

Remaining MTC

46, 193, 2613

Rv1510 1129

NruI

M. africanum WA-2, dassie bacillus

192, 841

  

Remaining MTC

10334

hsp65 540

AflIII

M. africanum WA-2

49, 392

  

Remaining MTC

441

nat 751

BcgI

M. africanum WA-2

111, 177, 208, 270

  

Remaining MTC

111, 208, 447

rpoB 1049

Sau3AI

M. africanum WA-2

11, 12, 18, 69, 87, 163

  

Remaining MTC, M. africanum WA-2

11, 12, 18, 69, 250

rpoB 1163

BstUI

M. africanum clade 2

28, 332

  

Remaining MTC, M. africanum WA-2

28, 79, 253

mmpL6 551

Hpy166III

"M. canettii", M. tuberculosis, M. africanum WA-1, M. africanum WA-2, dassie bacillus

155, 2983

  

Remaining MTC

453

  1. WA, West African
  2. 1 This table contains the correction of errors from ref. [7]
  3. 2 "M. canettii" fails to PCR amplify
  4. 3 'modern' M. tuberculosis fails to PCR amplify
  5. 4 M. bovis fails to PCR amplify