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Table 1 Characteristics of the five VNTR markers

From: Diversity of Mycoplasma hominis clinical isolates from Bordeaux, France, as assessed by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis

Name

Nucleotide positiona(bp)

Locus (protein no. in the genome sequence)

Repeat size (bp)

Consensus sequence

% identity between VNTRs

HGDIb

Mho-50

298627-298794

Hypothetical protein, predicted lipoprotein (MHO_2440)

42

TCAAGATTCTACAACCACAGGTGAAGATTCGACTGGACAATC

98

0.313

Mho-52

259317-259340

rpoD gene (MHO_2150)

3

GAT

82

0.203

Mho-53

246308-246325

pgsA gene (MHO_2070)

3

ATT

100

0.784

Mho-114

190335-190346

Hypothetical protein, predicted lipoprotein (MHO_1590)

6

TTGGCT

100

0.336

Mho-116

181200-181202

oppA gene (MHO_1510)

3

GAA

100

0.020

  1. aPosition (5’ end) on the M. hominis PG21 genome sequence.
  2. bHGDI, Hunter Gaston Diversity Index.