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Table 1 Species identification and PCR results of the M. tuberculosis complex isolates

From: Mycobacterium tuberculosis spoligotypes and drug susceptibility pattern of isolates from tuberculosis patients in South-Western Uganda

M. tuberculosis Complex

Targeted PCR Locus

 

16rDNA

RD4

RD9

RD12

TbD1

Ancestral M. tuberculosis*(n = 07)

+

+

+

+

+

Modern M. tuberculosis † (n = 118)

+

+

+

+

-

  1. *Defined as possessing the TbD1 locus intact; †Defined as possessing the TbD1 deletion;
  2. + = locus intact, - = locus deleted