(a)

PATS typea	PCR amplification and restriction digestion patterns of amplicons obtained using 8 PATS primer pairsb								Isolatesc
	IK8	IK19	IK25	IK114	IK118	IK123	IKB3	IKB5
1	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	168, 908, 928,
2	0	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	977
3	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	5, 757, 806, 817, 1015, 1492
4	0	2	0	2	2	2	0	2	807
5	2	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	268, 827, 935
6	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1041, 5671, 5974
7	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	0	1273
8	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	214, 528, 1016, 1286, 1328
9	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	425
10	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	961