FIG. 2.

Genetic relationships among French B. anthracis isolates. The dendrogram based upon eight VNTR marker loci and unweighted paired group means analysis cluster analysis illustrates the genetic relationships among isolates. The genotype (GT) designations are consistent with those of Keim et al. (1), with the exception of three novel types observed in this study (GT1a, GT1b, and GT20a), which are labeled with asterisks. The number of each genotype and the actual allele size (in nucleotides) are shown to the right of the dendrogram.