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Table 1 Diversity of VNTR alleles.

From: Multilocus Variable-Number Tandem-Repeat Analysis, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns in Discrimination of Sporadic and Outbreak-Related Strains of Yersinia enterocolitica

Number of the repeats

V2A TCTCAC (bp)

n†

V4 CGGCAAC (bp)

n

V5 GGTGCA (bp)

n

V6 GACTCA (bp)

n

V7 GTGCTG (bp)

n

V9 ATGTCGGTAGAA (bp)

n

2

-

 

119*

49

  

-

 

-

 

108

2

3

246*

2

126*

26

  

182

1

-

 

120*

52

4

252

5

133*

9

199

2

188*

5

195*

4

132

8

5

258

6

140

0

205

4

194

5

201*

8

144*

40

6

264

10

147

15

211

3

200*

11

207

19

156

2

7

270

6

154*

4

217

6

206*

21

213

13

168*

3

8

276

6

161

4

223*

25

212*

13

219

12

-

 

9

282*

7

-

 

229

17

218

2

225

9

-

 

10

288

10

-

 

235

15

224

12

231

9

-

 

11

294

6

-

 

241

8

230

9

237

7

-

 

12

300

10

-

 

247

6

236

10

243

1

-

 

13

306

20

-

 

253

6

242

4

249

4

-

 

14

312

4

-

 

259

5

248

2

255*

16

-

 

15

318

3

-

 

265*

5

254

3

261

3

-

 

16

324

1

-

 

271

3

260

3

267

-

-

 

17

330*

7

-

 

277

1

266

2

273

-

-

 

18

336

3

-

 

283

-

272

-

279

-

-

 

19

342

1

-

 

290

1

278

-

285

-

-

 

20

-

 

-

 

-

 

284

2

291

1

-

 

21

-

 

-

 

-

 

300

2

297

-

-

 

22

-

 

-

 

-

   

303*

1

-

 
  1. Fragment sizes (bp) defined by capillary electrophoresis of VNTR alleles with different number of repeats and their diversity in 107 studied Y. enterocolitica strains.
  2. * Alleles were sequenced to confirm the number of repeats.
  3. † n = number of strains
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