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. 2006 Nov 15;7:290. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-7-290

Table 2.

Comparisons between VNTRfinder and the method described by Denoeud and Vergnaud.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis (99.3% identical) Neisseria meningitidis (48.74% identical)
Total % Denoeud aligned TRs aligned by VNTRfinder % of Denoeud VNTRs called by VNTRfinder as variant or non-variant % of Denoeud non-variants called by VNTRfinder as variant or non-variant Total % Denoeud aligned TRs aligned by VNTRfinder % of Denoeud VNTRs called by VNTRfinder as variant or non-variant % of Denoeud non-variants called by VNTRfinder as variant or non-variant

Denoeud v. 40, 10, all variants Denoeud v. 40, 10, all variants

total repeats matched 10860 86.59 total repeats matched 3533 82.18
DEN+, VNTRfinder+ * 72 94.7 DEN+, VNTRfinder+ 69 81.2
DEN+, VNTRfinder- 4 5.3 DEN+, VNTRfinder- 16 18.8
DEN-, VNTRfinder+ 0 0 DEN-, VNTRfinder+ 2 0
DEN-, VNTRfinder- 10784 100 DEN-, VNTRfinder- 3446 100

Denoeud v. 40, 10, multiple of unit Denoeud v. 40, 10, multiple of unit

total repeats matched 10160 81.01 total repeats matched 1615 37.57
DEN+, VNTRfinder+ 39 92.9 DEN+, VNTRfinder+ 9 75.0
DEN+, VNTRfinder- 3 7.1 DEN+, VNTRfinder- 3 25.0
DEN-, VNTRfinder+ 0 0 DEN-, VNTRfinder+ 0 0
DEN-, VNTRfinder- 10118 100 DEN-, VNTRfinder- 1603 100

* '+/-' indicate repeats reported as variants/non-variants.

Repeats were matched between the results reported by VNTRfinder and those reported by the method of Denoeud and Vergnaud.