Table 2.

Representative spa type for each spa-RFLP pattern

spa type	spa-RFLP pattern	Repeat succession	Source
t701	No pattern	11-10-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	Human
t037	I	15-12-16-02-25-17-24	Cheese
t030	II	15-12-16-02-24-24	Human
t1149	III	08-16-34-24-34-17-17	Human
t1155	IV	15-12-16-02-25-17-16	Cheese
t162	V	14-44-12-17-17-23-18-17	Bovine
t5584	VI	14-44-13-12-17-17-23-17	Human
t1534	VII	04-31-17-25-17-17	Bovine
t16929a	VIII	26-13-33-34	Bovine
t4348	IX	26-16-25-16-28	Human
t189	X	07-23-12-21-17-34	Human
t359	XI	07-23-12-21-17-34-34-33-34	Bovine
t2062	XII	26-23-13-23-31-29-17-25-16-28	Human
t521	XIII	07-23-12-21-17-34-34-34-34-33-34	Cheese
t14870	XIV	11-10-13-25	Human
t13981	XV	07-12-21-17-34-13-34-13-33-34	Bovine

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