TABLE 4.

Size of nested PCR amplicons for USA 40 and Australian strain sets

Strain set and name	Lineage	Size of nested PCR product (bp)a	Size of gapF/gapR PCR product (bp)b
USA 40 strains
93-001	I	1,041	945
95-003	I	1,041	945
FDA504	I	1,041	945
FDA505	I	1,041	945
FDA506	I	1,041	945
FDA507	I	1,041	945
FDA518	I	1,041	945
FDA520	I	1,041	945
NE018	I	1,041	945
NE047	I	1,041	945
NE050	I	1,041	945
NE098	I	1,041	945
FRIK523	I	1,041	945
FRIK529	I	1,041	945
FRIK533	I	1,041	945
FRIK551	I	650	593
FRIK583	I	1,041	945
FRIK1275	I	1,041	945
FRIK1986	I	1,041	945
FRIK1997	I	1,041	945
FRIK1985	II	650	593
FRIK1990	II	650	593
FRIK1991	II	650	593
FRIK1996	II	650	593
FRIK1999	II	650	593
FRIK2000	II	650	593
FRIK2001	II	650	593
FRIK2004	II	650	593
NE1487	II	650	593
FRIK920	II	650	593
FRIK944	II	650	593
FRIK957	II	650	593
FRIK964	II	650	593
FRIK966	II	650	593
FRIK1054	II	650	593
FRIK1123	II	650	593
FRIK1540	II	650	593
NE037	II	1,041	593
FDA508	II	1,041	593
FDA517	II	1,041	593
Australian strains
AU329	I	1041	945
AU580a	I	1,041	945
AU581	I	1,041	945
AU1812	I	1,041	945
AU1816	I	1,041	945
AU1821	I	1,041	945
AU6	II	1,041	593
AU14	II	1,041	593
AU119	II	1,041	593
AU134	II	1,041	593
AU183	II	1,041	945
AU200	II	1,041	593
AU514	II	1,041	593
AU516	II	1,041	593
AU525	II	1,041	945
AU539	II	1,041	945
AU571	II	1,041	945
AU623	II	1,041	593
AU726	II	1,041	593
AU735	II	1,041	593
AU739	II	1,041	593
AU1180	II	1,041	593
AU1668	II	1,041	945
AU1809	II	1,041	593
AU1810	II	1,041	NPc
AU1811	II	1,041	593
AU1814	II	1,041	593
AU1815	II	1,041	593
AU1817	II	1,041	593
AU1818	II	1,041	593
AU1819	II	1,041	593
AU1820	II	1,041	593
AU1822	II	1,041	593
AU1823	II	1,041	945
AU151b	II	1,041	945
AU195c	II	1,041	945
AU197b	II	1,041	945

^aAmplicon size of 650 bp (in boldface) corresponds to a deletion of pchD in the TAI.

^bAmplicon size of 593 bp (in boldface) indicates a deletion of pchE.

^cNP, no product.