TABLE 3.
Examples of serovars incorrectly predicted by PFGE.
| Major incorrectly predicted serovars | “O” antigens | Phase 1 “H” antigens | Phase 2 “H” antigens | References |
| Montevideo (clustered with Senftenberg) | 6,7 | g,m,s | No phase 2 antigen | Nde et al.,2006 |
| Senftenberg (clustered with Montevideo) | 1,3,19 | g,s,t | No phase 2 antigen | Nde et al.,2006 |
| Typhimurium var. Copenhagen (clustered with 4,[5],12:i:- and Typhimurium) | 1,4,12 | I | 1,2 | Gaul et al.,2007 |
| 4,5,12:i:- (clustered with Typhimurium var. Copenhagen and Typhimurium) | 4,5,12 | I | No phase 2 antigen | Gaul et al.,2007 |
| Typhimurium (clustered with Typhimurium var. Copenhagen and 4,[5],12:i:-) | 1,4,5,12 | I | 1,2 | Gaul et al.,2007 |
| Saintpaul (clustered with Typhimurium var. Copenhagen and Typhimurium) | 1,4,5,12 | e,h | 1,2 | Ranieri et al.,2013 |
| Putten (clustered with Agona) | 13, 23 | D | l, w | Gaul et al.,2007 |
| Agona (clustered with Putten) | 4,12 | f,g,s | No phase 2 antigen | Gaul et al.,2007 |
| Paratyphi B | 1,4,5,12 | B | 1,2 | Kerouanton et al.,2007 |
| Give | 3,10 | l,v | 1,7 | Kerouanton et al.,2007 |
| Newport | 6,8 | e,h | 1,2 | Kerouanton et al.,2007 |