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Table 2 Statistical analyses for identification of the most discriminating endonuclease for molecular serotyping.

From: Revisitingmolecular serotyping of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Enzyme

Number of indistinguishable pairs of serotypes

Specificity for serotyping

Specificity for serogrouping

Median pairwise distances between cps-RFLP patterns

Mean pairwise distance between cps-RFLP patterns ± Standard Deviation

Median significantly different when compared to XhoII

(p < 0.05)

BslFI

17

66.3%

85.8%

29.6

31.6 ± 15.7

Yes

Eco57MI

23

56.5%

89.1%

30.5

32.0 ± 15.2

Yes

HindII

27

54.3%

75%

29.8

31.8 ± 16.0

Yes

HinfI

235

15.2%

23.9%

8.6

10.0 ± 6.4

Yes

StyI

24

63%

76%

32.1

34.6 ± 18.4

No

XhoII

11

76%

100%

32

34.5 ± 17.8

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