FIG. 1.

Expected proportion of correctly classified strains where assays consist of 5, 10, or 20 probes and assuming probes are independent and accuracy estimates are equal between all probes. For example, when probe accuracy is 95% for each of 20 probes, the expected proportion of correctly classified strains will be 36%. When probe accuracy differs between probes (σ2 > 0), then the actual correct classification rate will be less than shown in this figure.