TABLE 1.

Correlation between subpopulations defined with an MLST scheme and the microsatellite typing method

MLST cladea	MLST sequence type(s)	NMT1 allele by MLST	Microsatellite-based clonal complex
I	3, 5	8	15
II	2, 8, 9, 11, 12	2	6
IIIA	18, 26, 79	3	41
IIIB	10, 15, 29, 80	3	41
IV	7, 30	4	77
V	6, 14	7	41
VI	16	11	None (RT72, -73, -75)
VII	36, 76	12	None (RT60)
None*	13, 19, 81	5	64
None*	22	6	52

^a*, not considered a clade but rather a group of strains sustained by a bootstrap value at 100% according to Dodgson et al. (16) or 99% according Lott et al. (33).