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Volume 22, Number 11—November 2016
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Serotype IV Sequence Type 468 Group B Streptococcus Neonatal Invasive Disease, Minnesota, USA

Sarah Teatero, Patricia Ferrieri, and Nahuel FittipaldiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S. Teatero, N. Fittipaldi); University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA (P. Ferrieri); University of Toronto, Toronto (N. Fittipaldi)

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Figure 1

Genome analysis that identified recombination in sequence type (ST) 468 strains of group B Streptococcus. Plotting of polymorphisms identified in ST468 strains (PF-10, PF-17, and PF-18 in red, blue, and green, respectively) relative to the genome of the ST452 strain NGBS572 shows areas of densely clustered polymorphisms between positions 210,000 and 320,000 bp. Genome landmarks, such as mobile genetic elements (gray), multilocus sequence typing genes (light blue), pilus (brown), and virulence ge

Figure 1. Genome analysis that identified recombination in sequence type (ST) 468 strains of group B Streptococcus. Plotting of polymorphisms identified in ST468 strains (PF-10, PF-17, and PF-18 in red, blue, and green, respectively) relative to the genome of the ST452 strain NGBS572 shows areas of densely clustered polymorphisms between positions 210,000 and 320,000 bp. Genome landmarks, such as mobile genetic elements (gray), multilocus sequence typing genes (light blue), pilus (brown), and virulence genes (dark pink), are marked in the outer circle. Precise areas of recombination in ST468 strains defined by BRAT NextGen (12) are depicted in gold (PF-10), purple (PF-17), and orange (PF-18). Mbp, megabase pairs.

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