Table 2 Specific L4 sub-lineages primers used in the study.

From: Development and application of affordable SNP typing approaches to genotype Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains in low and high burden countries

MTBC Sub-lineage*

SNP position

Nucleotide change

Gene

Primers 5′-3′

Amplicon size

Reference

L4.1.1

3798451§

C/G

Rv3383c

F-ATCGACTCAATGGCCCGATG

112 bp

This study

R-TGACTCTGGATGCGGTTTT

L4.1.2

4323348§

C/T

Rv3848/3849

F-AAATCCGTTCGTCGTGTGGA

82 bp

This study

R-CTGACGTTGTGAGGGGTCAA

L4.1.3

4409231

T/G

Rv3921c

F-GACCGCCTCCTGCTTTTTG

53 bp

This study

R- ACGTCTTCGGCATGATCGAA

L4.2

2942377

C/T

Rv2614c

F-GAGTAGTCCTCCAGTTCGCG

85 bp

This study

R-TCAGCTTCCCCGACGAAATC

L4.3

1480024§

G/T

Rv1318c

F-CAGGCCAGGATCCACATCAG

100 bp

This study

R-TGCTGCTCAATCTCACTCGG

L4.4

4307886

G/A

Rv3834c

F-AAGGTGGTGCAGTTCGAC

69 bp

This study

R-ACTGCGAGGCGTGGATTC

L4.5

2789341§

A/C

Rv2483c

F-GGAGGCCTCACCATCCTTG

81 bp

This study

R-ACGAAGGCGGCTACAAAGAA

L4.6.1

435708

G/A

Rv0357c

F-CAAAGATCCCGCTGGGTCAT

58 bp

This study

R-GATATGAGATCGACGGCCGG

L4.6.2

3191099§

C/A

Rv2881c

F-CATCATGCAGAACACCCATC

72 bp

This study

R-CCCATTGTTCTGCTCTTTCG

L4.10

1692141§

C/A

Rv1501

F-GCTCGGTGTTCTTCGACTCA

107 bp

This study

R-TGGCCGTTTCAGATAGCACA

  1. *Nomenclature proposed by Stucki et al.6.
  2. Genomic position on the H37Rv reference genome (NCBI, NC_000962.3).
  3. Allelic change in the reference genome.
  4. §Mutation previously described by Stucki et al.6.