Plasmid profile characteristics | Plasmid profile types | Molecular weight of plasmids (kb) | Designation of isolates |
Multiple bands similar in two or more isolates | a1 | >21, 4.1, 1.8, 1.3 | E6, E8, E9, E11, E18, E19 |
a2 | 2 bands of >21 kb, 12, 4.7, 1.5 | E12, E16, E17 | |
a3 | 2 bands of >21 kb, 1.9, 1.3 | E5, E20 | |
a4 | >21, 3.5, 1.4 | E7, E10 | |
Multiple bands unique to each isolate | b | >21 to 1.1 kb | E1, E2, E3, E13, E14, E15, E22, E23, E24, E25 |
Single band | c | >21 kb | E4, E21 |