Characteristics of the Deleted Sequences
| Deleted sequence | Start | End | Length | No. of deleted ORFs | No. of deleted IGs |
| DS1 | 170013 | 173789 | 3776 | 5 | 0 |
| DS2 | 453365 | 455970 | 2605 | 3 | 1 |
| DS41 | 886541 | 887414 | 873 | 3 | 0 |
| DS47 | 931782 | 932199 | 417 | 0 | 1 |
| DS16 | 1310757 | 1311676 | 919 | 1 | 0 |
| DS4 | 1718911 | 1721219 | 2308 | 3 | 0 |
| DS32 | 1727659 | 1728461 | 802 | 1 | 1 |
| DS5[i] | 1779277 | 1788511 | 9234 | 14 | 0 |
| DS6L | 1986624 | 1987700 | 1076 | 2 | 1 |
| DS6[ii] | 1989056 | 1998602 | 9546 | 8 | 4 |
| DS7[iii] | 2225938 | 2228587 | 2649 | 2 | 2 |
| DS20 | 2381413 | 2383683 | 2270 | 2 | 0 |
| DS8 | 2585854 | 2588769 | 2915 | 3 | 0 |
| DS9 | 2627267 | 2632929 | 5662 | 4 | 2 |
| DS33 | 2704308 | 2704805 | 497 | 2 | 1 |
| DS10[i] | 2969982 | 2980968 | 10986 | 16 | 1 |
| DS71 | 3120465 | 3123063 | 2598 | 2 | 2 |
| DS19 | 3448494 | 3451384 | 2890 | 3 | 0 |
| DS13 | 3842306 | 3847231 | 4925 | 5 | 2 |
| DS26 | 3868777 | 3869666 | 889 | 1 | 0 |
| DS27 | 3955464 | 3956100 | 636 | 2 | 0 |
| DS21[i] | 4056943 | 4058393 | 1450 | 1 | 1 |
| DS18 | 4212648 | 4215043 | 2395 | 4 | 2 |
| DS15 | 4370421 | 4373243 | 2822 | 3 | 0 |
| DS70 | 4386638 | 4388337 | 1699 | 3 | 1 |
| SUM | 76839 | 93 | 22 | ||
| % OF | 1.7 | 2.4 | 3.0 | ||
| GENOME | |||||
| Average | 3074 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 2STD | 5818 | 8 | 2 |
[i] Previously described in BCG:DS5 corresponds to RD3 in BCG, DS10 to RD13 and DS21 to RD9.
[ii] Different isolates had a deleted sequence in the same deletion loci but with different length: DS6b had a length of 20 bp and DS6c of 3677.
[iii] Another isolate had a deleted sequence in the same deletion loci but with different length: DS7a had a length of 517 bp.
[iv] ORF, open reading frame; IG, intergenic region; DS, deleted sequence; 2STD, 2 standard deviation.