Drinking water mycobacteria 65-kD heat-shock protein (hsp65) gene raw sequence reads

A 441-bp fragment of the 65-kD heat-shock protein (hsp65) was sequenced to gather taxonomic information about non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) in two drinking water distribution systems: a chloramine-containing system in the United States and a system in Norway with no residual disinfectant in the drinking water supply. NTM are environmentally occurring members of Mycobacterium spp. that may act as opportunistic pathogens in humans. We aimed to characterize the NTM in the drinking water and water-main biofilms from the two systems to determine whether pathogenic species were present.本研究对65 kDa热休克蛋白（heat-shock protein 65，hsp65）的441 bp片段进行测序，以获取两类饮用水分配系统中非结核分枝杆菌（non-tuberculous mycobacteria，NTM）的分类学信息：分别为美国含氯胺的饮用水分配系统，以及挪威饮用水供应无残留消毒剂的系统。非结核分枝杆菌是环境中普遍存在的分枝杆菌属（Mycobacterium spp.）类群，可成为人类的机会致病菌。本研究旨在对两个系统的饮用水及输水管道生物膜中的非结核分枝杆菌进行特征分析，以明确其中是否存在致病性菌种。