TABLE 1.

 PFGE and RFLP profiles of M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis reference isolates

Isolatea	Host species	Geographic origin	Multiplex PFGE profile	BstEII RFLP profileb	PvuII RFLP profilec
ATCC 19698	Bovine	Unknown	[1-1]	C1	1
99PW	Bovine	Staffordshire, England	[2-1]	C5	Npad
JD146	Ovine	Perth & Kinross, Scotland	[2-2]	C17	3
JD29	Ovine	Angus, Scotland	[3-1]	C17	3
R197	Leporine	Perth & Kinross, Scotland	[3-2]	C17	3
F76	Ovine	Perth & Kinross, Scotland	[3-3]	C17	3
377PS	Bovine	Shropshire, England	[4-6]	Nca	1
JD18	Bovine	Aberdeenshire, Scotland	[5-1]	C17	3
JD143	Ovine	Perth & Kinross, Scotland	[5-2]	C17	3
307R	Bovine	Lancashire, England	[6-5]	C5	Npa
808R	Bovine	Northern Ireland	[7-1]	C5	Npa
743PSS	Bovine	Midlothian, Scotland	[7-5]	C1	1
377PW	Bovine	Shropshire, England	[8-4]	Ncb	2
M189	Ovine	Midlothian, Scotland	[9-7]	Ncc	6
213G, 208G, 235G	Ovine	Shetland, Scotland	[10-8]	Ncc	6
21P	Ovine	Faroe Islands	[11-9]	Ncc	6

^aPigmented isolates are boldfaced.\

^bRFLP designations according to the work of Pavlik et al. (15).\

^cRFLP designations according to the work of Whipple et al. (25).\

^dN_ca, N_cb, N_cc, N_pa, new profiles not previously published.