TABLE 2.
Allelic diversity of the VNTR loci in 48 M. tuberculosis Beijing genotype strains with mainly different IS6110-RFLP profiles (study set 1)
| VNTR locus or combination (no. of loci) | VNTR alias | No. of alleles | No. of repeats (range) | Allelic diversity (HGI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discriminatory (15) | ||||
| 2163b | QUB-11b | 4 | 4-7 | 0.205 |
| 1955 | Mtub21 | 4 | 3-6 | 0.330 |
| 4052 | QUB-26 | 4 | 6-9 | 0.636 |
| 4156 | QUB-4156 | 2 | 2-4 | 0.082 |
| 2996 | MIRU 26 | 4 | 3-7 | 0.520 |
| 424 | Mtub04 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2165 | ETR A | 3 | 2-4 | 0.158 |
| 802 | MIRU 40 | 3 | 1-4 | 0.122 |
| 3690 | Mtub39 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3192 | MIRU 31; ETR E | 3 | 4-6 | 0.160 |
| 960 | MIRU 10 | 2 | 1-3 | 0.082 |
| 580 | MIRU 4; ETR D | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 577 | ETR C | 2 | 2-4 | 0.042 |
| 1644 | MIRU 16 | 2 | 1-3 | 0.082 |
| 2401 | Mtub30 | 2 | 3-4 | 0.042 |
| Supplementary (9) | ||||
| 2347 | Mtub29 | 2 | 2-4 | 0.087 |
| 4348 | MIRU 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 3007 | MIRU 27; QUB-5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2461 | ETR B | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3171 | Mtub34 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2531 | MIRU 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2059 | MIRU 20 | 2 | 1-2 | 0.120 |
| 154 | MIRU 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2687 | MIRU 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| HV | ||||
| 3232 | QUB-3232 | 9 | 5-19 | 0.729 |
| 3820 | VNTR-3820 | 6 | 10-16 | 0.542 |
| 4120 | VNTR-4120 | 6 | 5-16 | 0.370 |