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By the x-axis. (A), The minimum number of differences in housekeeping alleles between isolates sharing an type are: zero (singleton STs), one or two (1 CC with multiple STs), three or four (multiple CCs with STs of intermediate distance), and five (multiple CCs whereby all STs are distant; represents HGT). (B), Distribution of the maximum number of differences in housekeeping alleles between isolates sharing an type. Clonal complex (CC) is defined by STs sharing at least 5 of 7 housekeeping allelesCopyright information:Taken from "Relationships between and multilocus sequence types within a global collection of "http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/59BMC Microbiology 2008;8():59-59.Published online 11 Apr 2008PMCID:PMC2359762.