TABLE 2.

VNTR loci found with Tandem Repeat Finder and microorganism tandem repeat database

Locus	Physical position (kb)	Chromosome	Unit length (bp)	Copy no.	Total length (bp)	% Matches	% C	% G	% T	% A	GC bias	Commentsa
VP1-01	384	1	101	4.3	433	81	15	26	30	26	0.26	Not amplified in all strains
VP1-02	447	1	6	9.5	55	94	16	33	50	0	0.34	Not tested
VP1-03	452	1	24	3	72	91	22	33	26	18	0.19	Not tested
VP1-04	772	1	480	3.2	1540	83	24	22	24	27	0.04	Not tested*
VP1-05	978	1	166	5.8	967	98	23	25	25	25	0.04	Not tested*
VP1-06	1478	1	576	6.5	3743	90	25	28	17	27	0.05	Not tested*
VP1-07	1648	1	33	2	64	81	28	25	14	31	0.03	Not tested
VP1-08	1662	1	21	2.7	55	80	35	17	8	37	0.34	Not amplified in all strains
VP1-09	1730	1	366	12	4395	90	26	25	25	22	0.01	Not tested*
VP1-10	2213	1	114	6.8	772	95	26	24	15	33	0.03	Variable in size
VP1-11	2301	1	129	5.8	751	85	28	23	30	17	0.09	Variable in size
VP1-12	2339	1	6	21.5	131	89	31	31	34	3	0	Variable in size
VP1-13	2669	1	7	11.1	77	100	14	28	42	15	0.33	Not amplified in all strains
VP1-14	2989	1	238	2.1	506	95	25	24	24	26	0.02	Not amplified in all strains
VP1-15	3065	1	90	1.9	173	80	30	28	19	22	0.03	Not tested
VP1-16	3077	1	6	28.2	168	100	0	33	16	50	0.99	Variable in size
VP1-17	3249	1	30	1.9	57	82	22	17	12	47	0.12	Invariable in size
VP2-01	477	2	561	2	1125	99	19	22	34	23	0.07	Not tested*
VP2-02	990	2	306	14.1	4325	96	29	23	26	19	0.11	Not tested*
VP2-03	1292	2	26	2.2	56	80	12	14	39	33	0.07	Invariable in size
VP2-04	1341	2	8	22.8	181	100	25	12	12	49	0.35	Not amplified in all strains
VP2-05	1417	2	27	2	55	85	25	5	34	34	0.06	Not amplified in all strains
VP2-06	1428	2	960	2	1901	96	32	26	26	14	0.1	Not tested*
VP2-07	1548	2	6	35.2	207	94	32	17	0	50	0.3	Variable in size

^aResults of the 18 V. parahaemolyticus strains tested are summarized under Comments. *, not tested further because the target for the PCR was too long and no acceptable primers were found.