Volume 24, Number 10—October 2018
Dispatch
Mycobacterium caprae Infection in Captive Borneo Elephant, Japan
Table 1
Summary of MTBC PCR-typing panel results in a study of Mycobacterium caprae infection in a Borneo elephant, Japan, 2016*
Organism | RD9 | TbD1 | katG463 | gyrA95 | RD7 | RD8 | RD9 | RD10 | mmpL6551 | RD12oryx | RD1mic | RDcan | RDseal | oxyR285 | RD12bov | RD13 | RD4 | pncA57 | RD1BCG | lepA | katG315 |
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“Ancentral” M. tuberculosis | + | + | CTG | AGC | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
“Modern” M. tuberculosis | + | – | CTG/CGG† | AGC/ACC† | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. africanum subtype I (WA-1) | – | + | CTG | AGC | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. africanum subtype II (WA-2) | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | + | + | + | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. orygis | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. microti | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | + | – | + | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. canettii | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | + | + | – | + | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. pinnipedii | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | + | + | + | – | G | + | + | + | C | + | – | AGC |
M. caprae | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | A | – | – | + | C | + | + | AGC |
M. bovis | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | A | – | – | – | G | + | – | AGC |
M. bovis BCG | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | A | – | – | – | G | – | – | AGC |
EPCD01 in this study | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | A | – | – | + | C | + | + | AGC |
EPDC02 in this study | – | + | CTG | AGC | – | + | + | – | – | – | + | + | + | A | – | – | + | C | + | + | ACC |
*Includes a differential distribution of known single nucleotide polymorphisms among the MTBC species. MTBC, Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex; RD, region of difference; +, positive; –, negative
†”Modern” M, tuberculosis strains are segregated to 2 and 3 in their respective principal genetic group based on the combinations of katG463-gyrA95 polymorphism.