Figure 1

Clustering the in silico cps -RFLP patterns calculated for the reference strains. (A) Dendrogram showing the results of clustering the 107 cps-RFLP patterns generated by in silico restriction with XhoII endonuclease. The dashed line represents the distance threshold under which patterns are indistinguishable by MST software; (B) Schematic representation of the cps-RFLP patterns; and (C) their respective cps amplicons. Fragment sizes are in base pairs.