TABLE 2.
Distribution of strains isolated from a single animal among the total number of patterns found in that animal
| Host (n)a | Total no. of patterns | Distribution of isolates (no.) among patterns
|
% Similarity between patternsc | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MPPb | OP | OP | OP | OP | OP | OP | OP | |||
| Gull (8) | 2 | 7 | 1 | 79.1, 1st and 2nd pattern | ||||||
| Gull (10) | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Gull (11) | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
| Gull (13) | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Gull (14) | 3 | 11 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Gull (14) | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 70.1, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd patterns | |
| Gull (15) | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Gull (15) | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Gull (15) | 3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 62.7, 1st and 3rd patterns | |||||
| Gull (15) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 59.0, 2nd and 3rd patterns | |||
| Gull (15) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| Gull (16) | 3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Gull (16) | 3 | 11 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Gull (16) | 9d | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Gull (17) | 17d | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 86.2, 1st and 2nd 82.7, 3rd and 4th patterns; 81.4, 5th and 6th patterns |
| Human (10) | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| Human (15) | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Human (15) | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
| Dog (10) | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| Dog (15) | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 85, 3rd and 4th patterns | ||||
| Dog (15) | 1 | 15 | ||||||||
a
Number of isolates analyzed from the same fecal sample.
b
MPP designates the most-predominate pattern found in an animal; the most-predominate pattern was different for every animal that was tested. OP designates other patterns that were found in isolates from a single animal.
c
Similarity scores were determined by computer comparison of REP PCR fingerprints based on cosine coefficients.
d
Additional patterns containing a single isolate are not shown in the table.