1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 M. kumamotonense 100%             2 M. aurupense 89.8% 100%           3 M. terrae 100% 89.9% 100%         4 M. senuense 100% 89.8% 100% 100%       5 M. algericum 100% 89.8% 100% 100% 100%     6 M. celatum 91% 85.5% 91% 91% 91% 100%   7 M. tuberculosis H37Rv 94.4% 89.8% 94.4% 94.4% 94.4% 95.45% 100%

Table 1: Percentage of sequence similarity of the hypervariable region A of the 16S rRNA. Percentages of similarity between slow grower mycobacteria members of the M. terrae complex, including M. kumamotonense . Percentage of similarity with M. tuberculosis is also showed. Accession number of the sequences for slow grower mycobacteria used for comparison: M. kumamotonense , AB239925; M. aurupense , AB239926; M. terrae , X52925; M. senuense , JN571174; M. algericum NR117529.1; M. celatum , EFL08170; M. tuberculosis , X52917.