Table 2.
Use of the criterion "total length ≥ 80 bp and %matches ≥ 80%" on 10 species for which 2 strains were compared. The numbers of tandem repeats with equal lengths and different lengths between the two strains in the whole set, and positive and negative groups are listed.
| Comparison (total number of TRs loci) | Whole set (proportion) | Criterion + (L≥80 bp, %M≥80%) | Criterion - | Sensitivity (% of the TRs with different lengths that were detected by criterion) | Specificity (% of the TRs predicted by the criterion that have different length) | % of all TRs that fulfil the criterion | |||
| equal length | different length | equal length | different length | equal length | different length | ||||
| H pylori 26695/J99 (624 TRs) | 506 (81%) | 118 (19%) | 0 | 11 | 506 | 107 | 9% | 100% | 2% |
| N meningitidis MC58/Z2491 (642 TRs) | 528 (82%) | 114 (18%) | 10 | 23 | 518 | 91 | 20% | 70% | 5% |
| M tuberculosis H37Rv/CDC1551(1502 TRs) | 1441 (96%) | 61 (4%) | 35 | 27 | 1406 | 34 | 44% | 44% | 4% |
| L monocytogenes EGD-e/L innocua Clip11262 (576 TRs) | 553 (96%) | 23 (4%) | 2 | 3 | 551 | 20 | 13% | 60% | 1% |
| S agalactiae NEM316/2603 (398 TRs) | 387 (97%) | 11 (3%) | 2 | 1 | 385 | 10 | 9% | 33% | 1% |
| S pneumoniae TIGR4/R6 (406 TRs) | 339 (83%) | 67 (17%) | 14 | 29 | 325 | 38 | 43% | 67% | 10% |
| Y pestis CO-92/KIM5 P12 (1499 TRs) | 1372 (92%) | 127 (8%) | 44 | 19 | 1328 | 108 | 15% | 30% | 4% |
| R prowazekii Madrid E/R conorii malish 7 (316 TRs) | 290 (92%) | 26 (8%) | 0 | 2 | 290 | 24 | 8% | 100% | 1% |
| Brucella suis 1330/ Brucella melitensis 16 M (739 TRs) | 681 (92%) | 58 (8%) | 2 | 4 | 679 | 54 | 7% | 67% | 1% |
| X fastidiosa 9a5c/grape Temecula1 (573 TRs) | 440 (77%) | 133 (23%) | 2 | 28 | 438 | 105 | 21% | 93% | 5% |