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Table 1 Similarity (%) of the most conserved mycobacterial proteins in Mycobacterium spp., Corynebacterium spp., Nocardia spp. and Rhodococcus spp. genomes, in comparison with M. tuberculosis H37Rv genome

From: atpE gene as a new useful specific molecular target to quantify Mycobacteriumin environmental samples

Protein locus (H37Rv genome)

Rv1305

Rv0236A

Rv0197

Rv2172c

Rv0287

Rv0288

Rv3019c

Rv0285

Rv3022c

Rv1304

Rv3392c

protein length (aa)

81

57

762

301

97

96

96

102

81

250

287

gene name

atpE

-

-

lppM

esxG

esxH

esxR

PE5

PPE48

atpB

cmaA1

M. tuberculosis H37Ra

100

100

99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

M. tuberculosis CDC1551

100

100

99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

99

M. tuberculosis KZN 1435

100

100

99

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

M. bovis AF2122/97

100

100

99

100

100

100

100

100

98

100

100

M. ulcerans Agy99

100

96

86

90

96

92

93

93

83

96

87

M. marinum M

100

98

90

91

96

89

94

93

82

97

88

M. avium104

96

96

91

91

91

89

91

92

83

93

82

M. paratuberculosis K10

96

96

91

91

91

89

91

92

85

92

82

M. smegmatis MC2 155

93

91

85

83

87

85

85

87

82

84

86

M. abscessus ATCC 19977

98

85

85

82

81

81

80

82

81

85

82

M. gilvum PYR-GCK

100

91

85

86

88

88

85

85

80

83

81

M. vanbaalenii PYR-1

93

91

85

87

89

85

83

82

83

84

81

Mycobacterium sp. JLS

100

91

85

86

87

86

86

82

82

89

92

Mycobacterium sp. KMS

100

91

86

86

88

86

86

82

82

89

91

Mycobacterium sp. MCS

100

91

86

86

88

86

86

82

82

89

91

C. aurimucosum ATCC 700975

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

46

C. diphteriae NCTC 13129

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

43

0

C. efficiens YS-314

0

0

42

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

0

0

42

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

47

C. jeikeium K411

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

45

0

C. kroppenstedtii DSM 44385

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

41

47

C. urealyticum DSM 7109

0

0

38

0

0

0

0

0

0

44

41

Nocardioides sp. JS614

0

0

40

0

0

0

0

0

0

46

46

N. farcinica IFM 10152

0

0

42

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

44

R. erythropolis PR4

0

0

42

0

0

0

0

0

0

42

48

R. jostii RHA1

0

0

44

0

0

0

0

0

0

41

49

R. opacus B4

0

0

44

0

0

0

0

0

0

41

50

  1. Protein similarities were sorted (Figure 2) according to the strategy of genome comparison (Figure 1). Only proteins presenting more than 80% of similarity with Mycobacterium spp. genomes, and less than 50% of similarity with non-mycobacterial genomes, are shown.