The present invention relates to methods and devices for detecting and differentiating between Mycobacterium strains in a sample based upon species-specific upstream p34 gene region (us-p34) sequences. New us-p34 sequences and probes and primers derived therefrom are provided as well as methods and diagnostic kits based on the same.
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