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. 2014 Sep 1;5:4812. doi: 10.1038/ncomms5812

Table 1. A comparison of SNP-typing systems.

SNP set and reference Lineage classified (Number of sublineages classified)
No. of RD lineages covered
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 M. bovis Total  
This study62 SNPs Yes (8*) Yes (6*) Yes (5*) Yes (36*) Yes (0) Yes (0) Yes (0) Yes (0) 7 (55) 19
Homolka et al.1771 SNPs Yes (1) Yes (0) Yes (0) Yes (7§) Yes (2||) Yes (0) No (−) Yes (0) 6 (10) NA
Comas et al.1693 SNPs Yes (1) Yes (2) Yes (0) Yes (5#) Yes (0) Yes (0) No (−) Yes (0) 6 (7) 9**
Filliol et al.2145 SNPs No (−) No (−) No (−) No (−) No (−) No (−) No (−) No (−) 6 (−) NA

NA, not applicable; RD, regions of difference; SNP, single-nucleotide polymorphism.

*See Supplementary Data 1 for a complete description of lineages and sublineages.

RD239, 105, 207, 181, 150, 142, 750, 182, 183, 193, 122, 726, 219, 761, 115, 174, 724, 711, 702; 239.

Lineage 1.2.1.

§Lineages 4.6.2.2, 4.1.2.1, 4.3, 4.4.1.1, 4.2.2.1, 4.2.1 and an ambiguous ‘Ghana’.

||West Africanum Ia and Ib.

Lineages 2.1 and 2.2.

#Lineages 4.6.2.2, 4.6.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2.1 and 4.3.

**RD105, 207, 750, 726, 724, 182, 711, 702 and 7.