Based Upon Repeat Pattern (BURP): an algorithm to characterize the long-term evolution of Staphylococcus aureus populations based on spa polymorphisms

Table 1 Comparison of BURP and eBURST clustering results

spa type	MLST ST	MLST CC
t004, t015, t028, t029, t031, t033, t038, t040, t043, t049, t050, t061, t065, t069, t073, t077, t080, t095, t102, t116, t123, t124, t130, t141, t142, t157, t161, t204, t230, t247, t266, t277, t330, t331, t333, t340, t350, t361, t370, t371, t424	45	45
t180	53	45
t220	54	45
t295	278	45
t209	109	9
t133	254	239
t412	846	395
t302	625	singleton^a
t397	842	singleton
t383	1008^b	singleton

spa types, their corresponding MLST sequence types (ST), and clonal complexes (CC) of spa-CC004 are shown. ^ano clonal complex was assigned for these singletons by eBURST analysis, ^bthis ST is preliminary named ST1008 and has the allelic profile 6, 5, 6, 6, 7, 17, 19.

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