Figure 4

Virtual spoligotyping of each strain and similarity search at MIRU-VNTR. Each strain's genome was analyzed for the presence of absence of each spoligo spacer based on primer sequences [50]. The presence or absence of each spacer input for spoligotyping analysis at MIRU-VNTR (http://www.miru-vntrplus.org/). The closest match by similarity search is shown immediately below the line for the corresponding isolate. Markers differing in presence or absence in the analyzed strain and its closest match are indicated in bold boxes. * reported as Beijing type [56].