Table 3.

Correspondence between B. anthracis allele sizes and allele numbering

allele nb
marker name	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ceb-Bams1	~ 410	~ 430	~ 450	~ 480	~ 520
Ceb-Bams3	484	514	544	559	574	589	704	734	857
Ceb-Bams5	307	346	385
Ceb-Bams7	603	1017	1305	1503	1557	1647	1809	1899	1953
Ceb-Bams13	328	382	454	481	490	652	742	787	814	850
Ceb-Bams15	409	535	571	589	607
Ceb-Bams21	541	631	676
Ceb-Bams22	591	627	699	735	~ 900	~ 950
Ceb-Bams23	569	611	653	821
Ceb-Bams24	336	420	462	504	630	672
Ceb-Bams25	376	391
Ceb-Bams28	~ 300	~ 375	~ 400
Ceb-Bams30	266	375	500	660	695	730	760	850 to
								900
Ceb-Bams31	304	700	772	853
vrrA	289	301	313	325	337
vrrB1	184	193	220	229	256	~ 280	~ 290
vrrB2	~ 135	153	162	171	~ 180
vrrC1	400	502	520	538	583	613	685
vrrC2	532	568	607	660
CG3	153	158

Alleles have been numbered in increasing size order. When the allele size (in base-pairs) observed in the Ames strain was in agreement with the size expected according to Ames sequence data, the values indicated in the table assume that alleles differ in size by a multiple of the motif length. These likely values will have to be confirmed by more accurate size estimation tools and allele sequencing. When the allele size in Ames is not as expected (Ceb-Bams1 and Ceb-Bams28), the estimated values are preceded by a ~. The Vrr and CG3 allele sizes were described in [2]; new alleles are indicated by a ~.