Table 3

Comparison between product sizes inferred by CEQ Fragment Analysis System software (observed) and the actual sizes obtained by sequencing data coming from direct sequencing of the PCR product (expected) or available in Genbank.
Marker	Allele fragment sizes		Alleles		Note
	Expected	Observed	Number of repeats	as reported [13]

BAMS1 21 bp	380	386	11	1
	401	407	12	2
	422	430	13	3
	443	451	14	4
	485	494	16	5
BAMS3 15 bp	474	475	21	1
	519	520	24	2
	549	550	26	3
	564	565	27	4
	579	580	28	5	new allele, previously defined as 5 or 6
	594	595	29
	609	611	30	6
BAMS5	229	231	3		new allele
39 bp	307	305	5	1
	332	329	5.5		new allele
	346	343	6	2
	385	382	7	3
BAMS13 9 bp	337	339	17	1
	346	348	18		new allele
	364	365	20	2
	373	372	21		new allele
	391	393	24	3
	427	427	27	4
	454	456	30	5
	463	465	31		new allele
	481	483	33		new allele
	778	785	66	7
	814	821	70	8
	841	849	73	9
	868	876	76	10
BAMS15 9 bp	409	412	23		new allele
	418	422	24	1
	445	449	27		new allele
	535	541	37	2
	571	579	41	3
	580	588	42		new allele, previously defined as 3
	589	597	43	4
	598	606	44		new allele, previously defined as 4 or 5
	607	616	45	5
	616	627	46		new allele
BAMS21 45 bp	541	535	7	1
	631	625	9	2
	676	669	10	3
BAMS22 36 bp	555	547	11	1
	627	619	13	2
	663	657	14		new allele
	699	690	15	3
	735	726	16	4
BAMS23 42 bp	399	393	5		new allele
	567	559	9		new allele
	609	600	10	1
	639	629	10.5	2
	651	641	11	3
BAMS24 42 bp	469	474	8	3
	511	519	9		new allele
	553	562	10		new allele
	582	593	10.5		new allele
	595	603	11	5
	637	645	12	6
BAMS25 15 bp	376	380	12	1
	391	395	13	2
BAMS28 24 bp	373	378	9		new allele
	397	405	10	1
	469	478	13	2
	493	502	14	3
BAMS30 9 bp	268	270	6	1
	367	369	17	2
	493	496	31	3
	673	681	51	4
	691	698	53	5
	727	735	57	6
	754	763	60	7
	835	848	69		new allele
	853	865	71		new allele
	862	874	72		new allele
	889	902	75	8
	916	929	78		new allele
BAMS31 9 bp	331	332	15	1
	637	642	49		new allele
	691	697	55		new allele
	700	705	56		new allele
	727	728	59	2
	772	775	64	3
	781	783	65		new allele, previously defined as 3
	952	955	84	4
BAMS34	238	235	3
39 bp	386	378	7
	425	421	8
	503	498	9
	581	576	11
BAMS44 39 bp	339	336	6
	417	413	8
BAMS51 45 bp	358	364	6
	448	452	8
	493	501	9
	538	548	10
BAMS53 12 bp	212	213	6
	236	237	8
vrrA 12 bp	290	289	8	1
	302	301	9	2
	314	314	10	3
	326	325	11	4
vrrB1 9 bp	193	194	12	2
	220	221	15	3
	229	229	16	4
	256	256	19	5
vrrB2 9 bp	135	137	4	1
	153	153	6	2
	162	162	7	3
	171	170	8	4
vrrC1 9 bp	517	512	46	3
	535	530	48	4
	583	574	53	5
	616	611	57	6
vrrC2 18 bp	532	528	17	1
	568	565	19	2
	604	601	21	3
CG3 5 bp	153	155	1	1
	158	160	2	2
pXO1 3 bp	123	128	6
	126	131	7
	129	134	8
	132	137	9
	135	140	10
pXO2 2 bp	132	136	5.5
	133	137	6
	135	139	7
	137	141	8
	139	143	9
	141	145	10
	143	147	11
	145	149	12

Lista et al. BMC Microbiology 2006 6:33 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-6-33