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. 2003 Dec;41(12):5709–5717. doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.12.5709-5717.2003

TABLE 3.

Variability of loci used in MLST scheme in the 109 isolates tested

Locus No. of bp sequenced No. of variable sites (%) No. of alleles defined dN/dSa
FKS 589 11 (1.9) 14 0.037
LEU2 512 9 (1.8) 9 0.096
NMT1 607 21 (3.5) 17 0.145
TRP1 419 13 (3.1) 14 0.214
UGP1 616 8 (1.3) 6 0.036
URA3 602 19 (3.2) 13 0.118
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dN/dS refers to the ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous nucleotide substitutions as calculated by the method of Nei and Gojobori (28).