# of strains analyzed

Range of REP bands

ATCC Strain # of bands

Average number of REP bands

Variance among isolates

SD

% of average

Variance among solates excluding the ATCC strain

SD of strains excluding ATCC strain

(GTG)5

83

22 - 36

39

27

9.07

3.01

11.2%

7.53

27.8%

2.74

10.2%

BOX

83

15 - 34

28

22

15.85

3.98

18.1%

15.63

71%

3.95

18.0%