TABLE 4.

Mutations in clfB and spa genes in strains which were identical by AFLP on the two sampling occasions

Locus	Participant no.	Parameter	Value for samplinga:		Mutation
			I	II
clfB	373	clfB_500	26	406	Deletion of one 18-bp repeat (TCGGATTCAGATAGCGAT)
spa	62	spa_500	126	366	Deletion outside spa repeats
		spa type	t2485	t2485	(loss of domain B5
		spa repeats	15-12-16-02-16-17-24-24	15-12-16-02-16-17-24-24	containing primer spa
					1113)
	63	spa_500	88	405	Deletion of six repeats
		spa type	t091	t2343
		spa repeats	07-23-21-17-34-12-23-02-12-23	07-23-21-23
	76	spa_500	37	198	Point mutation
		spa type	t015	t050
		spa repeats	08-16-02-16-34-13-17-34-16-34	08-16-02-16-34-34-17-34-16-34
	101	spa_500	37	371	Deletion of one repeat
		spa type	t015	t1078
		spa repeats	08-16-02-16-34-13-17-34-16-34	08-16-02-16-34-13-17-34-34
	118	spa_500	158	404	Deletion of one repeat
		spa type	t4025	t029
		spa repeats	09-02-16-34-13-13-17-34-16-34-34	09-02-16-13-13-17-34-16-34-34
	402	spa_500	196	370	Deletion of five repeats
		spa type	t678	t350
		spa repeats	09-02-16-34-42-17-34-16-34-42-17-34-16-34	09-02-16-34-42-17-34-16-34

^aBoldface added to facilitate comparison of spa repeats.