FIG. 1.

Application of eBURST algorithm to MLST data for the collection of 217 S. epidermidis isolates. Each ST is represented by a black dot. Blue and yellow dots correspond to group and subgroup founders, respectively. SLVs are linked by lines and clonal complexes, or eBURST groups correspond to the group of connected STs. In order to facilitate data analysis, CC2 was artificially subdivided into two clusters: cluster I, including the founder of the CC (ST2) and its SLVs and DLVs, including ST22, -35, -43, -45, -48, -51, -54, -63, -67, -70, -74, -75, -76, -78, and -80; and cluster II, including all of the other STs from CC2.