Species

GenBank ITS accession no.

Forward primer

Reverse primer

Molecular target size (bp)

Electrophoretic size (± ~0.5 bp)

Color

M. tuberculosis complex§§¹

AJ315568

IS6110 f1

IS6110 f2

IS6110 r1

IS6110 r2

148

145

Blue

M. avium complex§§/M. malmoense§§²

AY701785

MAC f

MAC r

103

103

Green

M. scrofulaceum§§

AB026702

SCRO f

MAC r

104

105

Blue

M. fortuitum§

AF144326

MFG f

MCAG r

134

137.5

Green

M. kansasii§§

DQ134002

MKG f

MAC r

106

104

Black

M. ulcerans§§/M. marinum§§

AB548734

AB026701

MKG f

MAC r

106

106

M. chelonae§

AF144327

MKG f

MCAG r

91

90

Black

M. haemophilum§§/M. terrae§§3

DQ851570

MKG f

MAC r

120/121

120/121

Black

M. abscessus§

AJ314870

MKG f

ABSC r

91

92

Black

M. gordonae§§

FJ858761

MKG f

MAC r

96

96

Black

M. xenopi§§

L15624

MKG f

MCAG r

95

94 - 96 (4 peaks)

Black

M. mucogenicum§

AY504951

MUCOG f

MCAG r

151

154 + 158

Green

β-globin. control

NG000007

β-globin f

β-globin r

153

151

Blue