Volume 15, Number 1—January 2009
Letter
Emerging Mycobacteria spp. in Cooling Towers
Isabelle Pagnier, Michèle Merchat, Didier Raoult, and Bernard La Scola
Table
Identification of isolated nontuberculous mycobacteria according to their rpoB gene sequence similarity and GenBank accession numbers
| Closest officially described species (rpoB) | Isolates (no.), N = 33 | Range in % gene similarity to type strain (GenBank accession no.) | Accession numbers of sequences of isolates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mycobacterium chelonae | O (2), E (2) | 99.7 (AY147163) | EU770577 |
| M. conceptionense | O (12) | 99.2–99.9 (AY859695) | EU770583, EU770584 |
| M. fortuitum | E (2), H (5), O (3) | 99.5–99.7 (AY147165) | EU770578, EU770579, EU770580 |
| M. chimaera | H (1) | 99.7 (EF521908) | EU770576 |
| M. phocaicum | E (5), O (1) | 98.3–98.6 (AY859693) | EU770581, EU770582 |
