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Supplementary Fig. A. Acid-fast bacillus micrograph of strain LTA-388T using Kenyoun stain and methylene blue-stained background.
Supplementary Fig. B. Colonies of strain LTA-388T grown on Middlebrook 7H10 agar and photographed using a blue filter.
Supplementary Fig. C. hsp65 PRA patterns of isolates LTA-388T, 2003-11-06, -24 and -30 using HaeIII and BstEII. Lanes: 1, LTA-388T; 2, 2003-11-06; 3, 2003-11-24; 4, 2003-11-30; 5, M. goodii ATCC 700504T; 6, M. wolinskyi ATCC 700010T; and 7, M. smegmatis ATCC 19420T.
Supplementary Fig. D. Typing of strains using RAPD electrophoresis (a) and PFGE (b). Strain LTA-388T is in lanes a1 and b2; strain 2003-11-06 is in lanes a2 and b1; strains 2003-11-24 and 2003-11-30 are in lanes a3 and a4, respectively. S1, S2 are size standards.
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