Research Article

Comparison of Ligation-Mediated PCR Methods in Differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains

Table 1

The comparison of 61 clustered strains by FLAP, IS6110-RFLP, and FLiP analysis.

StrainFLAPIS6110-RFLPFLiP

1 F.1R.11
2 R.2
3 F.2R.32
4 F.3R.43
5 F.4R.5
6 4
7 R.65
8
9 F.5R.76
10 R.87
11 F.6R.9
12 8
13 F.7R.10
14 9
15 F.8R.11
16 10
17 F.9R.12
18 11
19165F.10R.1312
20 F.11R.1413
21230F.12R.15
22 14
2384F.13R.1615
24321F.14R.1716
25 F.15
26632
27 F.16
28
29
30611
31564
32 F.17R.1817
33 R.1918
34 R.2019
35
36550
37 F.18
38696
39 F.19R.2120
40
41565F.20R.2221
42 F.21R.2322
43 F.22R.2423
44704F.2324
45222R.2525
46 F.24R.2626
47253
48 F.25R.2727
49
50601
51 R.28
52723F.26R.2928
53 R.3029
54459F.27R.3130
55 F.28R.3231
56725
57724R.33
58 R.3432
59671F.29R.3533
60 F.30R.3634
61 F.3135

The identical clusters determined in both FLiP and FLAP methods are marked in bold.