TABLE 1.

Fragment sizes predicted by in silico analysis for eight bacterial species used in this study for LH-PCR and T-RFLP profiling

Bacterial strain	Fragment size predicted (bases)
	LH-PCR	T-RFLP
A. pleuropneumoniae	350	920a
B. cepacia	343	209
E. coli	348	373
H. influenzae	348	364
K. pneumoniae	346	371
P. aeruginosa	342	155
S. aureus	355	238
S. maltophilia	349	214

^aUncut over this region by CfoI.