BMC Microbiology

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Pherotypes are driving genetic differentiation within Streptococcus pneumoniae

Margarida Carrolo1, Francisco R Pinto2, Jose Melo-Cristino1 and Mario Ramirez1*

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1 Instituto de Microbiologia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Prof. Egas Moniz, 1649-028 Lisboa, Portugal

2 Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

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BMC Microbiology 2009, 9:191 doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-191

Published: 7 September 2009

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Table S1 - Pherotype distribution arranged by serotype in the pneumococcal collection. Odds ratios (OR) represent the strength of the association between a pherotype and a particular serotype. In each case, if the OR is significantly > 1, CSP-1 is associated with the serotype and if OR is significantly < 1 means that the serotype is enriched in CSP-2.

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Table S2 - Pherotype distribution arranged by PFGE cluster in the pneumococcal collection. Odds ratios (OR) represent the strength of the association between a pherotype and a particular PFGE cluster. In each case, if the OR is significantly > 1, CSP-1 is associated with the PFGE cluster and if OR is significantly < 1 means that the PFGE cluster is enriched in CSP-2.

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